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As more sediment is added, it is compressed and hardens into rock layers.
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Sediment forms layers pressure from water and top layers over thousands of years cause lower layers to stick together and to form what?
Sedimentary rocks
What are two ways that a rock layer can cause a gap in geologic record?
When rock layers are eroded or when a sediment is not deposited for a long period of time.
What are some examples of erosion and deposition?
for erosion it would sediment transporting by water and for deposition would be sand dunes cause wind can carry sediment and deposits on the sand dune the forces that sediment can be carry is throught wind, water, ice, and gravity. I hope this helps you :D
What forces cause erosion and deposition?
Primarily a combination of Gravity, solar energy in the form of wind or waves, and tectonic forces Erosion is the movement of sediment and deposition is when that sediment gets placed somewhere else. Water falls to the Earth in the water cycle, and gravity pulls the water (or ice) down hill, carrying sediment with it (erosion). As the speed of the water slows as the slope decreases, the larger and larger pieces of sediment are settled out of the water by the force of gravity, becoming deposited someplace else. If there is no water present, sediment can be transported by any other fluid as well, usually air in the form of wind. As the wind slows, gravity is again the main factor in deposition. Tectonic forces also cause events such as lava flows, mass wasting etc.
What does erosion cause but weathering does not?
sediment
how rock layers are deposited?
Scientists know that gravity cause sediment to be deposite.
How are sedimentary rocks layers deposited?
Scientists know that gravity cause sediment to be deposite.
Does gravity and the force of the water cause sediment to move downstream?
not the force of water, but gravity and density does
Why do sediments form in layers?
The action of water and gravity cause them to form in layers.
Sediment forms layers pressure from water and top layers over thousands of years cause lower layers to stick together and to form what?
Sedimentary rocks
Mountains formed when tremendous forces cause horizontal rock layers to buckle and fold are?
upwarped mountains
What are two ways that a rock layer can cause a gap in geologic record?
When rock layers are eroded or when a sediment is not deposited for a long period of time.
What are some examples of erosion and deposition?
for erosion it would sediment transporting by water and for deposition would be sand dunes cause wind can carry sediment and deposits on the sand dune the forces that sediment can be carry is throught wind, water, ice, and gravity. I hope this helps you :D
What forces cause erosion and deposition?
Primarily a combination of Gravity, solar energy in the form of wind or waves, and tectonic forces Erosion is the movement of sediment and deposition is when that sediment gets placed somewhere else. Water falls to the Earth in the water cycle, and gravity pulls the water (or ice) down hill, carrying sediment with it (erosion). As the speed of the water slows as the slope decreases, the larger and larger pieces of sediment are settled out of the water by the force of gravity, becoming deposited someplace else. If there is no water present, sediment can be transported by any other fluid as well, usually air in the form of wind. As the wind slows, gravity is again the main factor in deposition. Tectonic forces also cause events such as lava flows, mass wasting etc.
Are sediment depositions caused by earthquakes?
Earthquakes can trigger (submarine)landslides and debris flows which can act to cause the deposition of sediment, however they are far from the only cause of sediment deposition.
What does gravity cause?
Gravity causes rock slides, layers of rock breaking loose and sliding down slopes.Gravity causes mutual forces of attraction between every two specks of mass.Anywhere. All the time.
What does erosion cause but weathering does not?
sediment
