Exogenic Flashcards
processes that cause changes inside and on the surface of the Earth.
Geologic Processes
EXTERNAL
On the surface of the Earth
Exogenic process
INTERNAL
Inside/Beneath the Earth’s Surface
Endogenoc process
WEATHERING
EROSION
MASS WASTING
DEGREDATION PROCESS
WEATHERING TYPES
Mechanical
Chemical
Biotic
AGENTS OF EROSION
Water
Wind
Glacier
MASS WASTING TYPES
Fall
Slide
Flow
TRANSPORTATION PROCESS
Solution
Suspension
Saltation
Traction
AGGRADATION PROCESS
Deposition
Sedimentary Environment
✓ “Breaking down of Rocks”
✓ Disintegration and Decomposition of Rocks
Weathering
rocks are broken up without any change in its chemical composition
Physical Weathering
A. Block Disintegration
B. Expoliation
C. Frost Weathering
Physical weathering
mechanical scraping, just breaking the rocks apart by wind, water / waves, glaciers, gravity, and event plants and animals.
Abrasion
breaking rocks by small fragments
Physical property -
as water expands as it freezes and causes rocks to break apart.
Frost Wedging-