- Weathering breaks down rocks at Earth's surface through both chemical and physical processes, producing clays, soils, and sediments.
- It is a major process in the rock cycle that shapes Earth's surface features like deserts, glaciated regions, and river valleys over time.
- Erosion then transports weathered particles by water, ice or wind to different locations, filling in low areas and forming new landforms.
- Weathering breaks down rocks at Earth's surface through both chemical and physical processes, producing clays, soils, and sediments.
- It is a major process in the rock cycle that shapes Earth's surface features like deserts, glaciated regions, and river valleys over time.
- Erosion then transports weathered particles by water, ice or wind to different locations, filling in low areas and forming new landforms.
- Weathering breaks down rocks at Earth's surface through both chemical and physical processes, producing clays, soils, and sediments.
- It is a major process in the rock cycle that shapes Earth's surface features like deserts, glaciated regions, and river valleys over time.
- Erosion then transports weathered particles by water, ice or wind to different locations, filling in low areas and forming new landforms.
- Weathering breaks down rocks at Earth's surface through both chemical and physical processes, producing clays, soils, and sediments.
- It is a major process in the rock cycle that shapes Earth's surface features like deserts, glaciated regions, and river valleys over time.
- Erosion then transports weathered particles by water, ice or wind to different locations, filling in low areas and forming new landforms.
processesby which rocks are broken down at Earth’s surface. • Produces Weathering andall the clays Erosion. and soils Landforms in deserts, glaciated regions and • Dissolved river valleys. substances that streams carry to the ocean
• Major process of rock cycle
• Shapes Earth’s surface • Rock to sediments and soils Wikipedia Part 1: Dr Azhar Assignment: 3 5+10+5 = 20 marks Mid-sem exam: 15 marks
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• Chemical weathering occurs
when the minerals in a rock are chemically altered or dissolved
• Physical weathering takes place
when solid rock is fragmented by mechanical processes that do not change its chemical composition • Erosion is the process by which particles produced by weathering are dislodged and removed from their source, usually by means of currents of water or air.
• Erosion moves particles from hillslopes to
the starting points of stream channels.
• Mass wasting includes all the processes by which
weathered and unweathered Earth materials move downslope in larger amounts and in large single events, usually by means of gravity. Uluru (Ayers Rock), Australia Differential Weathering
Arizona, USA Which mineral will be weathered first? TARA TARINI TEMPLE KEDARNATH LANDSLIDE