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Glaciers and rivers carry eroded rock material to a place of deposition where the sediments can lithify into sedimentary rock.
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How is weathered rock move?
The process of weathered rock being moved is called erosion. Weathered rock can be moved by strong winds, rivers and runoff, or even glaciers.
What is a rock's disposition?
The deposition of a rock is defined as how it is deposited somewhere. Most rocks are deposited by being carried in rivers, flash flooding, rainstorm runoffs, and even glaciers.
Do different types of rock make different types of glass?
yes, different types of rock probably do make different types of glass
Which rock is composed of materials that show the greatest variety of rock origins?
Conglomerate rock is made up of pebbles and other small rocks that are a quarter of an inch around or bigger. It is a sedimentary rock that can be found along beaches, rivers, and glaciers where water or ice drops them off.
This type of formation moves sediment and erodes rock?
glaciers
How does glaciers and rivers form new rocks?
Glaciers and rivers transport eroded rock material (sediment), that can form new sedimentary rock after deposition.
Rivers and glaciers can fragments of rock?
deteriorate the condition in which the rock implodes at contact because it is frozen from the temperatures and break into smaller rock
How is weathered rock move?
The process of weathered rock being moved is called erosion. Weathered rock can be moved by strong winds, rivers and runoff, or even glaciers.
How did the rock called conglomerate form?
origins from rivers oceans glaciers and deposit type is clastic color is variable
What type of formation is yosemite national park?
Rivers and glaciers carved into granite to make Yosemite National Park. Half Dome is the most recognized rock formation in Yosemite.
What is a rock's disposition?
The deposition of a rock is defined as how it is deposited somewhere. Most rocks are deposited by being carried in rivers, flash flooding, rainstorm runoffs, and even glaciers.
How do glaciers erode rock?
sedimentary rock
Rivers and glaciers can do what to fragments of rock?
They break them up into smaller pieces of rock (eventually all the way down to sand or other fine pieces of earth) and/or smooth their rough edges in a process called weathering.They move them down-flow in the process known as erosion.The rock particles which are carried by the rivers and glaciers will ultimately be deposited when the water or ice can no longer transport them. After deposition, they may eventually become sedimentary rock, through the processes of lithification (compaction and cementation).
What role do glaciers play in earths rock cycle?
Glaciers are an important part of the rock life cycle. The part they play is to break huge rock faces into smaller pieces, as well as to move rocks from one place to another, while grinding them into pebbles and sand.
Do different types of rock make different types of glass?
yes, different types of rock probably do make different types of glass
How are valleys formed by glaciers?
Valley Glaciers tend to for U-shaped valleys.
How do glaciers shapes earths surface?
Glaciers carve out vallys and lakes. They will pick up sediment and move it to other places.
