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EROSION WEATHERING DEPOSITION

GEOLOGIC
PROCESS
EROSION
- Is the transportation of weathered rocks. Agents like running
water or rivers, wind gravity, groundwater, wave currents, and
glaciers contribute to erosion.
TYPES OF EROSION
• WATER EROSION is a type of erosion where the water carries
the sediments to different parts of the bodies of water such as
rivers.

• WIND EROSION happens when light materials, such as small


rock pebbles, are carried by wind to different places.
TYPES OF EROSION
• GLACIAL EROSION happens when the ice moves downhill and
plucks out chunks of rocks and causes scrapping between the
ice and the rock. Plucking and scrapping can lead to the
development of other landforms if, for example, the glacier hit a
mountain and erode it.

• SOIL EROSION happens when the top soil is removed and leaves
the soil infertile. This is caused by wind or flood in an area.
WEATHERING
-Is the process of breaking down rocks into smaller
pieces called sediments.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF
WEATHERING
• MECHANICAL WEATHERING is a process wherein
rocks are broken down into smaller pieces without
changing its chemical composition due to different
temperatures and water. Rocks in the highway
develop cracks and small fractures because of too
much exposure to heat. This activity is an example of
mechanical weathering.
MECHANICAL WEATHERING
DIFFERENT TYPES OF
WEATHERING
• CHEMICAL WEATHERING is a process wherein rocks
materials are changed into other substances that have
different physical and chemical compositions. Some
agents of chemical weathering include water, strong
acids, and oxygen. Water hydrates and breaks the
mineral in the rocks through the process of hydrolysis.
Oxygen combines with metals to produce oxides while
acids from vents and volcanoes increase the speed of
weathering process. One example of this in rocks is when
rainwater hydrolyzed the feldspar minerals to form clay
minerals.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF
WEATHERING

• BIOLOGICAL WEATHERING is a process when living


things, such as insects and roots of the trees,
contribute to the disintegration of rock materials.
For example, mosses and fungi that grow on rocks
produce weak acids that can destroy or dissolve
the rocks.
DEPOSITION
-Is the laying down of sediments to its depositional
environment or final destination. The depositional
environment can be continental, coastal, or marine.
• Continental includes stream, swamps,
caves, and deserts.

• Coastal includes lagoons, estuaries, and


deltas.

• Marine includes slopes and bottom of the


ocean or abyssal zone.
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