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Mass wasting, also known as mass movement, refers to the downhill movement of soil, rock, and debris due to gravity. This process can occur rapidly, as in landslides, or gradually, as in soil creep. Factors such as rainfall, earthquakes, and human activities can trigger mass wasting events, leading to significant changes in landscapes and potential hazards to structures and ecosystems. Understanding mass wasting is crucial for land management and disaster preparedness.
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What process of sediments form?
Weathering and erosion. Weathering breaks the rock and erosion moves the rock. when rock is broken down it is moved by water or other substances. When the erosional agent looses its ability to move the load ( Eroded Rock) then deposition happens which creates a sediment over time. hope this helps
What type of erosion is a mudslide?
A mudslide is a form of mass wasting, which is the downslope movement of rock, soil, and debris under the influence of gravity. While erosion typically refers to the gradual wearing away of the land surface by water, wind, or ice, mudslides involve the rapid movement of a large mass of saturated soil and debris down a slope.
How does sediment produce more sediment?
Weathering, Erosion, and Masswasting.
What are the two processes that result in a metamorphic rock?
For metamorphic rock to change into igneous rock, it must first melt. Once molten, if its liquid constituents cool and solidify, it has become an igneous rock. Metamorphic rock can become molten by exposure to heat and pressure from depth of burial and compression through tectonic plate subduction, or from close proximity to a magmatic heat source.The metamorphic rock could also become exposed to weathering, erosion, and subsequent deposition, compaction and cementation which would lead to the formation of sedimentary rock. Once again, the sedimentary rock could become molten by exposure to heat and pressure from depth of burial through tectonic plate subduction, or from close proximity to a magmatic heat source. Once molten, if its liquid constituents cool and solidify, it has become an igneous rock.Igneous or sedimentary rock
What process of sediments form?
Weathering and erosion. Weathering breaks the rock and erosion moves the rock. when rock is broken down it is moved by water or other substances. When the erosional agent looses its ability to move the load ( Eroded Rock) then deposition happens which creates a sediment over time. hope this helps
What type of erosion is a mudslide?
A mudslide is a form of mass wasting, which is the downslope movement of rock, soil, and debris under the influence of gravity. While erosion typically refers to the gradual wearing away of the land surface by water, wind, or ice, mudslides involve the rapid movement of a large mass of saturated soil and debris down a slope.
How does sediment produce more sediment?
Weathering, Erosion, and Masswasting.
What are the two processes that result in a metamorphic rock?
For metamorphic rock to change into igneous rock, it must first melt. Once molten, if its liquid constituents cool and solidify, it has become an igneous rock. Metamorphic rock can become molten by exposure to heat and pressure from depth of burial and compression through tectonic plate subduction, or from close proximity to a magmatic heat source.The metamorphic rock could also become exposed to weathering, erosion, and subsequent deposition, compaction and cementation which would lead to the formation of sedimentary rock. Once again, the sedimentary rock could become molten by exposure to heat and pressure from depth of burial through tectonic plate subduction, or from close proximity to a magmatic heat source. Once molten, if its liquid constituents cool and solidify, it has become an igneous rock.Igneous or sedimentary rock
