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Weathering & Erosion
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River Erosion – Arizona, Colorado River
Grand Canyon
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Gust front dust cloud moving across the Big Spring Field Station Wind Erosion – Big Spring, Texas
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Glacial Erosion – Troughs
Yosemite National Park, Wyoming
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Arches National Park Moab, Utah
Wind Erosion Arches National Park Moab, Utah This one is 291 ft across – the size of a football field – the narrowest part is only 6ft wide
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Mass Movement- Slump
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River Erosion - Arizona
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Wave Erosion - The process of uplift, fluctuating sea levels, and wave erosion is etched on the rocks of Cape Flattery, Washington. Benches visible just above the current waterline represent prehistoric sea level. Click image for a larger view.
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River Erosion and Deposition
near Arncliffe, England
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Glacial Erosion – Fjord
The steep sides of Doubtful Sound (New Zealand) indicate that it is a flooded glacial valley, formed when the world's sea levels rose following the last ice age. Glacial Erosion – Fjord
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Stream Erosion Rock Creek San Gabriel Mountain, CA
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Chalk outcroppings--dome, sugar-loaf and table-shaped--symbolize the different stages of wind erosion White Desert - Egypt
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High Tide
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Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick Hopewell Rocks Provincial Park
Low Tide Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick Hopewell Rocks Provincial Park Canada
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World famous El Arco - the rock arch of Los Cabos – Baja California
Wave Erosion Rocks on Cabo Pulmo beach are worn smooth and round by eons of wave erosion
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Niagra Falls Taken from satellites From Ontario, Canada
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La Conchita, CA 1995 landslide
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Wind Erosion Mars, the planet
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Brazil Napa, California Guatemala Mudslides
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Glacial Erosion – Rock Glacier
Atlin Mountain in northern British Columbia, Canada
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Weathering - water collects and accentuates rates of chemical weathering
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Water pockets caused by wind erosion
Mars, Utah
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What type of weathering caused this rock to
break in half?
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Mass Movement - Creep
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River Erosion - Gua Kerbau River
Malaysia
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Wind Erosion Sahara, Africa
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Glacial Erosion – Hornes created by the action of erosion and oversteepening of the headwall of a glacier cirque.
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Wind Erosion – Tarn Cave, South Africa Soft Layers have been eroded away
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Glacial Erosion - Abrasion
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Water Erosion of Limestone – River Ardeche, France
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Glacial Erosion – Himalayas, Tibet
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River Erosion Waimea Canyon Kauai, Hawaii
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