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What Deflation is the movement of dust sand and rock caused by?
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What is the removal of rock particles by wind water ice and gravity?
The lifting and removal of loose material by wind is called deflation. (Deflation is a type of erosion) (If you look up deflation, try "deflation geology" because if you don't add geology, only the economic meanings will come up.)
Folded sedimentary rock layers are usually caused by?
crustal movement occurring after deposition
What is the slow downhill mass movement of rock and soil caused by gravity?
Landslide or landslip.
Mass wasting is the downhill movement of soil and rock debris caused by what?
Running water :) wrong, its GRAVITY
Mass wasting is the downhill movement of soil and rock debris caused by?
The principal force in action is the gravity.
What is the movement of dust sand and rock caused by .?
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Give two land features that can form because of deflation?
Deflation is when the top layer of fine sediment or soil is picked up by the wind and reveals larger rock pieces underneath. One land feature produced by deflation is call Desert pavement, which is a surface made out of small rocks. Deflation Hollows are Bowl-shaped areas caused by -what else but- deflation.
What is it called when wind blows silt and dust away in the desert leaving a rock layer behind?
The process is called deflation and the product is called desert pavement.
Deflation is the removal of worn rock by what?
Wind.
What is the slow downhill movement of rock and soil caused by gravity?
Landslide or landslip.
In deserts deflation can sometimes create an area of rock fragments called what?
The area of rocks that deflation creates is called Desert Pavement
What is the removal of rock particles by wind water ice and gravity?
The lifting and removal of loose material by wind is called deflation. (Deflation is a type of erosion) (If you look up deflation, try "deflation geology" because if you don't add geology, only the economic meanings will come up.)
Is Silicosis is a notifiable idustrial diseases?
Silicosis is caused by fine rock dust trapped in the lungs. It is found in hard rock miners and also open pit miners also anyone exposed to fine rock dust in the air on a continual basis.
What is the slow downhill mass movement of rock and soil caused by gravity?
Landslide or landslip.
Folded sedimentary rock layers are usually caused by?
crustal movement occurring after deposition
What are small shallow hollows in rock produced by wind deflation?
blowout
Vibrations in the Earth caused by sudden movement of rock are called?
ice cream sandwiches
