Chapter 13-14 Flashcards
1
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mineral
A
solid orderly material not made from life arranged in a pattern
2
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4 mineral classes
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silicates, oxides, sulfides and sulfates, carbonates
3
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aphanitic
A
small grains, cools fast
4
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phaneritic
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large grains cool slow
5
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most common sedimentary
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Shale - clay
Limestone - chemical
Sandstone - sand
6
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origins of coal and petrolium
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coal-peat from wetlands
petrolium-shallow seas
7
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weathering
A
process where solid rock is broken apart and desolved
8
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erosion
A
transportation of rock fragments by water wind and glaciers
9
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denudation
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the lowering and wearing away of earths surface
10
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angle of repose
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maximum slope angle that a material can be stable. main reason for mass movement.
11
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classifications of mass wasting processes
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Soil creep: slow dry rock fall: fast dry debris avalanche: fast damp mud flow: fast wet slump: middle earthflow: middle soliflucation: slow wet
