LANDFORMS FROM WEATHRING/MASS WASTING

Question 1

happens when soil, regolith, and rock move downslope under the force of gravity

Answer 1

mass wasting and erosion

Question 2

salt weathering, cyclic wetting and drying, etc.

Answer 2

polygenetic

Question 3

• polygenetic formation
• aka: alveoli lacework, stonelace, fretting, tafone, cavernous weathering

Answer 3

honeycombs

Question 4

-forms as depressed, erosional features on flat/gently sloping rocks
-tends to form on limestones and sometimes granites

Answer 4

panholes/weathering pits

Question 5

• translates to “sea of rock” in German
• formed from freeze-thaw weathering

Answer 5

Felsenmeer

Question 6

spires of rocks protruding from the bottom of arid drainage basins/badlands

Answer 6

Hoodoo

Question 7

bare rock mass surmounted and surrounded by blocks and boulders

Answer 7

tors

Question 8

tors that are separated from bedrock

Answer 8

corestones/woolsacks

Question 9

• accumulation of broken rock fragments
• concaves upwards from the max inclination of angle of repose

Answer 9

talus

Question 10

talus formed by movement and deposition of particles by gravity

Answer 10

colluvium

Question 11

term for talus in british and sheet-like

Answer 11

scree

Question 12

-low-relief plain formed by protracted erosion
- represents near-final stage of fluvial erosion
- tectonically stable

Answer 12

peneplain