Weathering and soil Earth’s external processes - weathering Mechanical

Slides:



Advertisements
Similar presentations
DENUDATION: Erosion and Weathering
Advertisements

Weathering of Rocks. Exam 1 Why we see weathering 1.Most minerals are not stable at the Earth’s surface 2.The Earth wants to be flat – lowest energy.
Chemical & Mechanical Weathering How is soil formed?
Weathering
Chapter 6 Weathering and Soil
Ch 5 – Weathering & Erosion
The Art of Breaking things… Weathering and Soil. Weathering ► Weathering is the physical breakdown (disintegration) and chemical alteration (decomposition)
Weathering and Soil. Types of Weathering Chemical Weathering: a rock being changed into 1 or more new compounds Oxidation- turns the rock into a rusty.
SOIL ORIGIN and DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 16: Weathering and Erosion Copyright © 2007 by W. H. Freeman & Company With adaptaions from lectures by Peter Copeland Bill Dupré.
Weathering, Soil, and Mass Movement
Weathering Charity I. Mulig. Weathering is the … physical breakdown (disintegration) and chemical alteration (decomposition) of rocks at or near the Earth’s.
Chapter 5 Weathering and Soil GEOL 101 Introductory Geology.
Weathering. Quiz Complete the following for Diamond Mineral: Luster: Streak: Hardness: Group: Chemical Formula:
Weathering, Soil, Erosion
Weathering, Soil, and Wasting Unit 7 notes. Weathering What is it? ◦ Disintegration and Decomposition of rocks Where does it happen? ◦ At or near the.
Chapter 5 Weathering and Soil
Weathering of Rocks. Why we see weathering 1.Most minerals are not stable at the Earth’s surface 2.The Earth wants to be flat – lowest energy state Topography.
The breaking down of rocks, soil and minerals as well as artificial materials through contact with the Earth's atmosphere, animals, plants and waters.
Chapter Weathering and Soil. What is weathering? Weathering is process of breaking down and changing of rock at or near Earth’s surface. The two.
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Weathering and Soil Earth, 10e - Chapter 6.
Earth Science Unit 1.4: Weathering and Soils. The Rock Cycle.
CH 12 Weathering, Soil, Mass Movements (Gravity) Earth’s surface is constantly changing. Earth’s surface is constantly changing. Weathering = breaking.
Landforms due to Mechanical and Chemical processes
Robert W. Christopherson Charlie Thomsen Chapter 13 Weathering, Karst Landscapes, and Mass Movement.
Weathering.  Earth’s surface is always changing. There are internal processes like mountain building and volcanic activity.  There are also external.
Weathering, Soil, and Mass Movements Chapter 5. Mechanical Weathering physical forces break rock into smaller and smaller pieces.
Weathering and Soil. Earth’s External Processes  weathering—the physical breakdown and chemical decomposition of rock  mass wasting—the transfer of.
Weathering and Soils Chapter 6
Rock Cycle Unit 3 – What is weathering
EARTH SCIENCE!!! Rocks!.
Weathering.
Weathering Charity I. Mulig.
Weathering and Soil Earth - Chapter 6
Weathering.
Weathering.
Lecture 5: Weathering and Soil Formation
Sculpturing Earth’s Surface
Weathering of Rocks.
Chapter 7 Section 1 Notes.
Ch.6. Geomorphic Processes
What are the 2 ways rocks are Weathered?
Ch. 5- Weathering and Erosion
Weathering Chapter 5.
Weathering.
Weathering is the process that breaks down rock and other substances at Earth’s surface.
Weathering Chapter 5.1.
Weathering and Soils.
Ch 5 Weathering, soils, and erosion
Weathering The breaking down and changing of rocks at or near the Earth’s surface 2 Types: Mechanical Chemical.
Weathering and Erosion
Ch 5 – Weathering & Erosion
Soil Regolith – layer of rock and mineral fragments produced by weathering Soil – part of regolith that supports plant growth.
Weathering.
Weathering and Erosion
Weathering, Soil, and Mass Movements
Weathering, Soil, and Mass Movement
Weathering The breaking down and changing of rocks at or near the Earth’s surface 2 Types: Mechanical Chemical.
Weathering Chapter 5.1.
WEATHERING Process that involves the physical or chemical breakdown of the materials on the Earth surface 2 types of weathering -mechanical -chemical.
WEATHERING EROSION SOIL FORMATION
Weathering and Erosion
Chemical & Mechanical Weathering
Weathering.
Weathering and Erosion
Weathering and Erosion
Prentice Hall EARTH SCIENCE
Weathering and Erosion
Weathering and Erosion
Presentation transcript:

Weathering and soil Earth’s external processes - weathering Mechanical frost wedging unloading thermal expansion Chemical dissolution oxidation hydrolysis Biological Weathering and soil

Mechanical weathering – frost wedging Weathering and soil

Mechanical weathering – frost wedging Weathering and soil

Mechanical weathering – talus slopes Weathering and soil

Mechanical weathering – unloading (sheeting) Weathering and soil

Mechanical weathering – unloading (exfoliation domes) Weathering and soil

Mechanical weathering – unloading (exfoliation domes) Weathering and soil

Mechanical weathering – thermal expansion Weathering and soil

Chemical weathering – dissolution Weathering and soil

Chemical weathering – dissolution Weathering and soil

Chemical weathering – oxidation Weathering and soil

Chemical weathering – acid mine drainage Weathering and soil

Chemical weathering – spheroidal weathering Weathering and soil

Rates of weathering – differential weathering Weathering and soil

Soil - regolith Weathering and soil

Soil - humus Weathering and soil

Soil – formation and composition Weathering and soil

Soil – formation and composition Weathering and soil

Soil – parent material Weathering and soil

Soil – parent material (residual soil) Weathering and soil

Soil – soil profile

Soil – eluviation and leaching Weathering and soil

Soil – eluviation and leaching Weathering and soil

Soil – eluviation and leaching Weathering and soil

Soil – soil taxonomy Weathering and soil