Exogenic Processes

Question 1

Mechanical Weathering Types

Answer 1

Exfoliation, or peeling effect from intense heating

Block disintegration, successive heating and cooling causes disintegration.

Question 2

Chemical Weathering Types

Answer 2

Oxidation, rust basically.

Hydrolysis, water is absorbed by mineral in rock.

Question 3

Erosion!

Answer 3

Can be by wind, sheet (water washes it away in a sheet) or rill (running water digs little canals in it). Glaciers can also pluck or cause abrasion.

Question 4

Deposition

Answer 4

Basically material is deposited somewhere else after erosion.
Glacial moraine- all sizes, from glacier obvs.
Delta- river meets ocean, new land is formed in distributary channels.
Sand dunes.

Question 5

Mass Wasting

Answer 5

Gravity did it.
Fall- you know what this is. Free fall of detached individual pieces.
Slides- fairly coherent rock materials sliding down a slope. Translational on well-defined surface, rotational on concave surface.
Flow- saturated with water and move as viscous fluid.

Question 6

Mass Wasting Flow Types

Answer 6

Slurry, or 20-40% water.

Granular or less than 20% water.

Question 7

Weathering Types!

Answer 7

Mechanical and Chemical