OTHER TOPICS -----> Intro/Maps Atmosphere Climate / Hydrosphere
Biosphere / Soils Tectonics Specific Environments

LITHOSPHERE, TECTONICS, PROCESSES CHAPTERS -----> Geomorphology Tectonics Weathering

Weathering

I.   BASIC CONCEPTS AND TERMINOLOGY

A. Denudation

B. Weathering (and here), Mass Movement, Erosion

II.   WEATHERING

A. Mechanical / Physical

  1. freeze / thaw / #2 / #3 / roads
  2. salt crystal growth (desert regions)
    • salt crystals expand when heated
  3. temperature fluctuations
  4. roots (around home,   #2) and burrowing
  5. exfoliation (Half Dome) (video)
B. Chemical     (key ingredient? water)
  1. oxidation (O2 + material) ... close up
  2. hydration & hydrolysis (H2O + material)
  3. solution (carbonation = CO2 + H2O + material)

III.   MASS MOVEMENT (MASS WASTING)

A. Angle of Repose (video); Water, Clay Content

B. Types

  1. fall
  2. flow
  3. slide / Frank Slide / reverse angle view
  4. creep diagram   animation / photo 1 / photo 2 / indirect evidence

IV.   EROSION = remaining outlines
        (last segment of the course)

 

LITHOSPHERE, TECTONICS, PROCESSES CHAPTERS -----> Geomorphology Tectonics Weathering
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