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| name a process that is not a physical weathering process |
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| the dominant physical weathering process in arctic and high mountain environments is... |
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| chemical weathering is most effective in... |
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| a mass of water-saturated soil, regolith or weak shale moving down a steep slope over a period of a few hours is a(an) |
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| which of the type of earth mass movement is not typically associated with water? |
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| the process of soil creep is created by... |
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| shaking by earthquake, burrowing animals, and drying/wetting of the soil (all of the above) |
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| chemical weathering processes in which the chemical structure of the minerals are changed into new minerals are... |
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| pockets of unfrozen ground which occur even in areas of continuous permafrost are called... |
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| a form of earthflow found in periglacial environments is... |
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| a landform found in silty alluvial deposits in periglacial environments is a(an) |
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| which process could result in an induced earthflow? |
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| piling of waste soil and rock in unstable accumulation |
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| exfoliation is the result of which process? |
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| niche formation is associated with what type of weathering? |
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| which formation may be found under lakes or rivers? |
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| thermokarst is characterized by which feature? |
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a physical weathering process strongly associated with arid environments is salt-crystal growth |
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accumulation of sediment deposited by streams, waves, currents, and wind are called residual regolith |
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human activity can induce landslides, mudflows, and earthflows |
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the type of chemical weathering that can be very damaging to urban areas is oxidation |
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ground subsidence in periglacial environments caused by melting permafrost is called thermokarst |
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polluted urban air may be more acidic leading to more rapid chemical weathering |
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solifluction results in the slow gradual bending of layered rock strata such as shales or slates |
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salt crystallization involves the deposition and growth of salt, calcite, or gypsum which can break rocks apart grain by grain |
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igneous and metamorphic rocks are particularly resistant to hydrolysis and oxidation |
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mass wasting in which water-saturated soil and regolith slowly flows downhill is referred to as an earthflow |
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continuous permafrost and sporadic permafrost occur at the highest latitudes of periglacial regions |
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landslides are triggered by heavy rains rather than earthquakes or sudden rock failures |
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stone polygons commonly form in silty alluvium associated with river floodplains and delta plain in periglacial regions |
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alpine permafrost is restricted to elevations at which the mean annual temperature is below freezing |
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