Geomorphology

Question 1

is a coastal, supratidal mudflat or sandflat in which evaporite-saline minerals accumulate as the result of semiarid to arid climate

Answer 1

Sabkha

Question 2

is a type of glacial outburst flood that is associated with glacial sedimentation

Answer 2

Jokulhlaups

Question 3

any tributary stream that runs parallel to, and within the floodplain of a larger river for considerable distance, before eventually joining it

Answer 3

Yazoo

Question 4

Kaolinite-rich mudrocks formed by volcanic processes

Answer 4

Tonsteins

Question 5

A volcanic caldera that has been partially filled by a new central cone.

Answer 5

Somma Volcano

Question 6

Formations where valley glaciers leave mountains and spread on a flatland as large lobes of spreading ice

Answer 6

Piedmont glacier

Question 7

A ridge that descends towards a valley floor or coastline from a higher elevation, that ends in an inverted V face produced by the erosional truncation of the spur by the action of either streams, waves, or glaciers.

Answer 7

Truncated Spur

Question 8

Rock outcrops that have been partially or completely covered by ice caps due to topography.

Answer 8

Nunataks (see Rognons also)

Question 9

Etched, pitted, grooved, fluted and otherwise rugged surfaces formed from weathered limestone.

Answer 9

Shilin/Karren/Lapies/Pinnacle Karst

Question 10

stream channels with flat floors and steep walls of sediment usually found in deserts or other arid climates and completely dry up between periods of activity due to water-less conditions.

Answer 10

Arroyo

Question 11

Linear dunes that form from constant wind direction and with no vegetation

Answer 11

Seif/longitudinal dune

Question 12

Also known as Burringurrah and is known as the largest rock. It is an inselberg.

Answer 12

Mt. Augustus

Question 13

The second “step” of the Colorado Plateau

Answer 13

Vermillion Cliffs National Monument

Question 14

What structure carved the Grand Canyon?

Answer 14

Colorado River

Question 15

A city built on a spit within the Manila Bay

Answer 15

Cavite City

Question 16

What type of structure is Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, USA

Answer 16

Volcanic Neck

Question 17

A duricrust rich in aluminum, commonly in the form of hardened bauxite

Answer 17

Alcrete

Question 18

The loss of silica and concentration of sesquioxides in the soil, with the formation of gibbsite, and with or without the formation of laterite.

Answer 18

Allitization (see also. Soluviation, feralization, laterization, and latosolization)

Question 19

a sharp-edged gap that forms between two cirques converging from opposite sides of a crest

Answer 19

Col

Question 20

A deep crack in the brittle surface of a glacier

Answer 20

Crevasse

Question 21

While both a.) ________ and b.)_________ are streamlined and oriented in the direction of glacial movement, they differ in their composition and formation process. A a.) __________ is composed of bedrock and formed by deformation, while a b.) _________ is composed of till and formed by deposition.

Answer 21

a.) Roche moutonnee
b.) Drumlin

Question 22

lakes occur in a series down a formerly glaciated valley in small basins scooped out by the glacier as it retreated

Answer 22

Paternoster lake