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GEOMORPHOLOGY MIDTERM

This class was created by Brainscape user Jelena Balonso. Visit their profile to learn more about the creator.

By: Jelena Balonso
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Decks in this class (15)

IGNEOUS PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS
How many active volcanoes are the...,
What are the 6 most active volcan...,
What tectonic setting is observed...
9  cards
TYPES OF VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
Magma heats ground surface water ...,
Direct interaction of magma and w...,
Phreatic volcanic eruption in the...
14  cards
LAVA FLOW DEPOSITS
Lava flow characterized by its ro...,
What are the broken lava blocks c...,
Lava flow characterized by its sm...
16  cards
TYPES OF VOLCANOES
Expansive and low profile 1,
Example of a shield volcanoe 2,
Are of land surrounded by one or ...
6  cards
OTHER VOLCANIC LANDFORMS
Created from the interaction of w...,
Example of a landform created wit...,
Formed due to groundwater 3
13  cards
DEPRESSIONS AND INTRUSIVE LANDFORMS
Basin circular in form within whi...,
Formed by the collapse of land fo...,
Known as the world s largest cald...
19  cards
WEATHERING
The destruction of rocks by weath...,
Type of mechanical weathering of ...,
Mechanical weathering where thick...
27  cards
REGOLITH AND SOILS
All material bet fresh bedrock an...,
Composed of particles of broken r...,
Refers to the processes of transf...
17  cards
LANDFORMS FROM WEATHRING/MASS WASTING
Happens when soil regolith and ro...,
Salt weathering cyclic wetting an...,
Polygenetic formation 3
12  cards
MASS WASTING
Movement of rock and soil downslo...,
Sudden failure of slope resulting...,
Debris flows down mixed with wate...
20  cards
HYDROLOGIC PROCESSES
Liquid solid water that falls to ...,
Amount of precipitation that falls 2,
Length of time precipitation lasts 3
19  cards
MEANDERING STREAMS
Most stable and efficient channel...,
Quantitative measurement of the s...,
Develops from the outside of the ...
14  cards
FLUVIAL LANDFORMS
Fluvial processes inscribed as br...,
Law stating that streams cause dr...,
Does not correlate to the topolog...
15  cards
DRAINAGE SYSTEMS
Streams that get their water from...,
Begins at the junction of two fir...,
Joint two second order streams 3
11  cards
FLUBIAL LANDFORMS 2
Abandoned channel through resista...,
Low relief surface that becomes s...,
Minor channel that seasonally fil...
17  cards

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