Chapter 8 Flashcards by Patrick S

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Mass movement

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Movement of sediments caused by gravity

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Creep

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Slow flow of sediments downhill

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Mudflows

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Fast water and soil

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Landslide

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When land slides from the bedrock downhill

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Slump

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When material slides down a curved surface

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Avalanches

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Landslides that happen in snowy areas

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Deflation

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When wind erodes rock

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Abrasion

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When sediments scrape rocks and erode them

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Ventifacts

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Rocks that have been weathered wind abrasion

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Dune

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Piles of sand shaped by wind

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Loess

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Silt deposits from wind

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Glacier

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A large piece of ice that moves

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Valley glacier

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Glaciers that form in valleys

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Continental glaciers

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Glaciers that cover continent sizes

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Cirques

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Deep U shaped depressions

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Moraine

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Sediment left behind by glaciers

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Outwash plain

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The area at the front of melted glaciers

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Drumlin

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Elongated landforms formed by glaciers moving over older moraines

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Eskers

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Ridges under a melting glacier