Weathering and Mass Wasting

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Contents 1 Reading 2 Weathering 3 Mass wasting 4 Links

Reading

• Reading: Foundations of Earth Science by Lutgens and Tarbuck (4th Ed). Prentice Hall, 2005.
  • Chapter 2. Pg 43-46 - Weathering
  • Chapter 3. Pg 62-65 - Mass wasting

Weathering

• Weathering
  • Physical weathering - Mechanical weathering
    • Frost wedging
    • Pressure release
    • Thermal expansion
      • Salt wedging
  • Chemical weathering
    • Natural acid rain
    • Solution
    • Oxidation
    • Hydrolysis
  • Biological weathering

• Features created by weathering
  • Spheroidal Weathering
  • Differential weathering
  • Karst

• Weathering products
  • Sediment
  • Secondary minerals
  • An example: Weathering of granite

Mass wasting

• Physics of mass wasting
  • Angle of repose

• Slow mass wasting
  • Creep
  • Slumps
  • Solifluction

• Fast mass wasting
  • Slides
  • Falls and topples
  • Debris flows

Links

• Wikipedia/Weathering