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Weathering
Weathering
Weathering
II. Exogenous
II. Gradation Processes –
Weathering, Mass Wasting,
Erosion, Transportation
and Deposition
Geomorphic Processes:
Rock Cycle
A. Endogenous Processes
Endogenous Processes are large-scale landform
building and transforming processes
– they create relief.
1. Igneous Processes
Together,
these processes are
responsible for
Denudation
of Earth’s surface
WEATHERING
• Salt Wedging
Chemical Weathering
decomposes rocks through a chemical change in its minerals
Lichens
Talus Cones
in the Canadian Rockies
Talus – pieces of rock at bottom of a rock fall
Landslides
Can cause much destruction
Humid regions:
Perennial streams and entrenched
channels, rapids, waterfalls, plunge
pools, potholes, meandering streams,
bank erosion, oxbow lakes, etc.
• Wind – Eolian Landscapes
deflation hollows, ventifacts, yardang, etc