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What is the removal of soil and rock fragments by natural agents?
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Erosion.
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How are fragments transported and abraded?
There are a few different ways. By the current in the water. By explosive volcanic eruptions. By erosion and wind. By gravity. By glaciers. By icebergs. By human/animal movement. By meteor impact. By landslides.
What is the Movement of fragments of rock?
The movement of rock fragments is called erosion.
How does rock fragments turn into rock?
Rock fragments are called sediments and by a process called lithification they turn into sedimentary rocks. Lithification is made up by compaction and cementation which is by pressure and a natural glue that is formed from groundwater the sediments stick together and then harden into rock.
What are rock fragments that are squeezed together?
Clastic Rock- a sedimentary rock forms when rock fragments are squeezed together.
What is the name for weathered rock fragments?
Weathered rock fragments are known as sediment.
How are fragments transported and abraded?
There are a few different ways. By the current in the water. By explosive volcanic eruptions. By erosion and wind. By gravity. By glaciers. By icebergs. By human/animal movement. By meteor impact. By landslides.
What washes away the small rock fragments?
Natural elements like wind and rain
What is the Movement of fragments of rock?
The movement of rock fragments is called erosion.
How does rock fragments turn into rock?
Rock fragments are called sediments and by a process called lithification they turn into sedimentary rocks. Lithification is made up by compaction and cementation which is by pressure and a natural glue that is formed from groundwater the sediments stick together and then harden into rock.
How do rock types and rock structure affect the rate of erosion?
Typically, weathered rock materials do not stay in place. Wherever the ground slopes, gravity causes soil and rock fragments to fall, slide, or move at slow speeds to lower levels. Rain or wind may remove sand and dust from the side of a hill. A river transporting weathered material downstream. Mass movement refers to the downward transportation of weathered materials by gravity. Erosion is the removal and transport of materials by natural agents such as wind and running water.
What the movement of fragments of rock?
The movement of rock fragments is called erosion.
What are rock fragments that are squeezed together?
Clastic Rock- a sedimentary rock forms when rock fragments are squeezed together.
What is the name for weathered rock fragments?
Weathered rock fragments are known as sediment.
What makes a clastic rock different from a bioclastic rock?
A Clastic sedimentary rock forms when fragments of preexisting rocks are compacted or cemented together. A Bioclastic rock is a clastic rock but the fragments are not of preexisting rock but of organic shell and or bone fragments.
What kind of rock is composed of rounded rock fragments?
A conglomerate, classified by rounded rock fragments larger than 2cm compacted and cemented into a rock.
What comes out of the volcanos crater with the fragments of rock and lava?
fragments of rock dust ash steam and gases
What is the relationship between gravity and the movement of rock fragments?
Gravity pulls at the rock fragments causing them to move.
