AGGRADATION AND DEGRDATION

AGGRADATION AND DEGRADATION

▪ Aggradation is the term used in geology for the
increase in land elevation due to the deposition of
sediment. Aggradation occurs in areas in which the
supply of sediment is greater than the amount of
material that the system is able to transport
▪ Typical aggradational environments include
lowland alluvial rivers, river deltas, and alluvial
fans. Aggradational environments are often
undergoing slow subsidence which balances the
increase in land surface elevation due to
aggradation. After millions of years, an
aggradational environment will become a
sedimentary basin, which contains the deposited
sediment, including paleochannels and ancient
floodplains
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▪ Degradation refers to the lowering of a fluvial

surface, such as a stream bed or floodplain,
through erosional processes. It is the opposite
of aggradation. Degradation is characteristic of
channel networks in which either bedrock
erosion is taking place, or in systems that are
sediment-starved and are therefore entraining
more material than is being deposited. When a
stream degrades, it leaves behind a fluvial
terrace
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EFFECTS OF DEGRADATION
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CONTROL OF DEGRADATION
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OCCURANCE OF AGGRADATION
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