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Weathering – What is it? Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy
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The breaking of rock into smaller pieces.
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Either mechanical or chemical
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Wind
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Water
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Mechanical Weathering: Physically breaking rocks into smaller pieces without chemicals.
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Mechanical Weathering
Heat Water Ice Pressure Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy
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Mechanical Weathering
Heat Water Ice Pressure Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy
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Mechanical Weathering
Heat Water Ice Pressure Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy
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Mechanical Weathering
Heat Water Ice Pressure Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy
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Mechanical Weathering
Heat Water Ice Pressure Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy
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Water It crashes into rocks and causes rocks to hit each other and become smaller and smoother. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy
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Round Rocks
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Round Rocks Mechanical Weathering
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What happens if you leave a can of soda in the freezer?
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Answer! It will explode because water expands when frozen.
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The increase in volume of ice is about 9%.
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The increase in volume of ice is about 9%
The increase in volume of ice is about 9%. This increase causes enough force to break most rigid containers. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy
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The increase in volume of ice is about 9%
The increase in volume of ice is about 9%. This increase causes enough force to break most rigid containers. This is the same force, repeated on a daily basis, that creates frost heaves in the roads in the winter. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy
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Ice/Frost Wedging: Water enters cracks in the rocks, freezes, expands and breaks rocks.
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Creates cracks and holds which you can use to rock climb.
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What is this a picture of?
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What is this a picture of?
Answer: This is a picture of the Old Man of the Mountain in Franconia Notch in the state of New Hampshire.
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Draw the profile of the old man of the mountain in your journal.
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Draw the profile of the old man of the mountain in your journal.
A victim of weathering and ice wedging. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy
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Root Wedging: Plant roots enter a crack, grow and expand the crack.
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Root Wedging: Plant roots enter a crack, grow and expand the crack.
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Root Wedging: Plant roots enter a crack, grow and expand the crack.
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Which picture best represent ice wedging, and which picture best represents root wedging?
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Which picture best represent ice wedging, and which picture best represents root wedging?
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Root Wedging A B Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy
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Root Wedging A B Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy
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Root Wedging Ice / Frost Wedging
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Animal Activity: Animals mechanically wear away the rock.
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Effects of Animal Activity
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Chemical Weathering Chemical weathering-occurs when chemical reactions dissolve the minerals in rocks or changes them into different minerals (rusting, acid breakdown, etc) Chemical Weathering This cave was formed by slightly acidic water dissolving the limestone
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Chemical Weathering Natural Bridge Caverns in Texas
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EROSION – the process by which natural forces move weathered rock and soil from one place to another. Forces that cause erosion: 1. Gravity Waves 2. Wind Running water 3. Glaciers
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Erosion Galveston Texas before/after Hurricane Ike
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Glacial Erosion Movement of Glaciers change the land beneath the glacier
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Kelleys Island Glacial Grooves
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Wind Erosion Shapes the land in areas where there are few plants to hold the soil in place (e.g. Desert)
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Landslides Landslides- a geological phenomenon which includes a wide range of ground movement, such as rock falls, deep failure of slopes and shallow debris flows, which can occur in offshore, coastal and onshore environments.
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Deposition The process of eroded earth materials (sediments) being deposited in a new location Ex: delta-where sediment is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake builds up a landform Ex: sand dune-a deposit of wind blown sand
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Deposition Desert winds sculpted these gentle swirls out of the limestone hills in Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, Texas. This remote, 100,000-acre (40,470-hectare) area in West Texas contains some of the lowest, driest, and hottest areas in the Chihuahuan Desert
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Deposition Deposition area from the Rio Grande River
The Red River carries sediments, and drops some along the way
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