1. Deposition Hydrology NOTES page 11 ©Mark Place, 2009-2010

2. least amount of time to settle
big objects take the
least amount of time to settle

3. denser particles settle first

4. Rate of Settling
Particle Shape

5. Rate of Deposition
Slope

6. Rate of Deposition
Stream Velocity

7. Rate of Deposition
Stream Discharge

8. Deposition in Rivers

9. Where is
deposition
greatest?
Inside of Curve
Mouth of River

10. Why?
lowest velocity

11. What
agent
of deposition?
glacier

12. Deposition by Streams: Graded Bedding
slow
fast
slow
fast

14. What happens to particle size?
Why?

15. What happens to particle size?
decreases, because the velocity decreases

16. delta
What is this?

17. large
small

18. What agent?
wind

19. What direction?

20. Glacial Deposits
till
unsorted

21. Glacial Deposits
erratics

22. Glacial Deposits
striations

23. Glacial Features