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Rock flour, or glacial flour, consists of clay-sized particles of rock, generated by glacial erosion or by artificial grinding to a similar size. Because the material is very small, it is suspended in river water making the water appear cloudy. If the river flows into a glacial lake, the lake may appear turquoise in color as a result. Examples of this are Lake Louise and Peyto Lake in Canada and Gjende lake in Norway. [edit]Formation Natural rock flour is typically formed during glacial migration, where the glacier grinds against rock beneath it, but is also produced by freeze thaw, where the act of water freezing and expanding in cracks helps break up rock formations. Although clay-sized, its particles are not clay minerals but typically ground up quartz and feldspar. Rock flour is carried out from the system via meltwater streams, where the particles travel in suspension. Rock flour particles can travel great distances either suspended in water or by the wind, in the latter case forming deposits called loess. EXTRACT from Wikipedia under ROCK FLOUR definition.
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What is water desalination?
Water desalination is when you turn salty or brackish water into fresh, clean, drinkable water.(:
Why hydrogen turn water milky?
Hydrogen doesn't turn water milky.
Why does the water in the wells have a saltish taste?
Salty water can enter a well from a couple ways. One, is from ancient salt deposits in the ground from an ancient lake or ocean. The other way, is from a nearby source of salt water such as the ocean. If wells near the ocean deplete fresh water (fresh water table) from rainfall enough, water from the ocean will begin to spoil the well. The water will begin to taste salty until it is like seawater, if pumping continues. A little salt might be okay, too much makes the water undrinkable. A third reason for salt is many generations of irrigation on the same land. A slight amount of salt and other minerals in irrigation water might start to build up salt in the soil. Some scientists think that after several hundred years some farmland thus may turn to desert, and that this has already happened in many places.
Does ice have a definite volume?
No ice can turn to water and water can turn to ice
What is controlled water?
Water that will turn you into a hoe
Is lake Huron salt water or fresh water?
No lakes in the world have saltwater and fresh water because if salt water entered a fresh water lake, the fresh water would turn into salt waterRead more: What_lake_has_both_salt_water_and_freshwater
What color will river lake or stream turn if you add universal indicator?
green as most lakes and rivers are fresh water, so neutral.
How does fresh water turn salty?
From erosion
How can you turn sea water into fresh water on a large scale?
boil the water
How do you turn fresh water in to saltwater?
By adding salt on it
How do you turn saltwater to fresh water?
Distillation or evaporation.
Why do many lakes in South Dakota turn green in late summer?
Later in summer, South Dakota usually does not get much rain, so the water in the lakes do not get 'stirred' or have fresh water added so that fresh oxygen does not get mixed into the water. Then, the phosphorus in the sediments at the bottom of the lake are released, causing algae to grow. It is this algae growth that makes the lakes "turn green".
What color does copper turn when it oxidizes?
Turquoise
What is water desalination?
Water desalination is when you turn salty or brackish water into fresh, clean, drinkable water.(:
What can you add to fresh squeezed orange juice to keep it fresh tasting and not turn bitter?
water can help make it less bitter try to water it out
How does fresh water turn to salt water?
salt is added, or dissolved into it, oceans are about 30 - 33%
What temperature does water turn solid?
The freezing point of fresh water is 0° C or 32° F.
