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| This happens with wind weathering when sand is blown over a surface flattening and polishing it |
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| This forms when carbon dioxide or sulfur trioxide combine with water |
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| __?__ weathering often involves oxidation or hydrolysis |
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| This slow mass movement can take months or years to occur causing monuments to tilt or hills to shift |
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| Slumgullion is a great example of this form of mass movement |
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| The carrying away or transportation of weathered material |
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| Splitting off of sheets or rock material exposed by uplift |
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| Occurs when water gets into narrow crack and freezes |
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| This is a form of chemical weathering where water breaks minerals down; best example is feldspar to clay |
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| A mass movement where gravity causes land to shift downward |
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| The general term for any movement of weathered material or soil |
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| A deadly combination of soil and water, this form of mass movement is responsible for more deaths each year than any other geological disaster |
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| This type of chemical weathering combines oxygen with rocks or minerals |
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| __?__ weathering physically breaks rocks into smaller pieces |
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| __?__ material is what soil is formed from |
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| __?__ soil lies on top of its parent material |
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| This happens when irrigated soils in desert regions go through evaporation causing the soil to become very concentrated with salt |
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| This form of landslide leaves a curved edge when the soil suddenly shifts |
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| Made of clay, silt, sand and humus |
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| Soil __?__ can leave the soil desertified; lacking nutrients |
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| Soil __?__ is a measure of how productive a soil is |
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| A soil __?__ exposes the three layers of the soil |
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| Also known as the B-Horizon |
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| This broken pile of rock often has an angle of repose close to 40 degrees |
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| Also known as the A-Horizon |
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| __?__ soil comes from another place and is the type of soil we see here in Sheboygan |
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| The breaking down of rock and mineral material; can be done chemically or mechanically |
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