GEOG 2051 Chapter : TIF4e Ch10
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Chapter 10: weathering, karst landscapes, and mass movement. The ground that flowed consisted of silts and clays - not large, rocky regolith. What type of mass wasting event was this: earth flow b) lahar c) debris avalanche d) soil creep. Answer: a: the dramatic domes and arch-shaped features found in granitic mountain masses result from, pressure-release jointing, exfoliation, and sheeting, frost-wedging, solution processes, spheroidal weathering. Answer: a: human-induced mass movements produce a category of processes known as, scarification b) mass wasting c) translational slides d) debris flows. Answer: a: which of the following are the principal active agents involved in chemical weathering, magnesium, water, limestone b) nitrogen, oxygen, argon, oxygen, silicon, aluminum d) water, oxygen, carbon dioxide. Answer: d: a persistent mass movement of surface soil is called a, debris avalanche b) soil slide c) rockfall d) soil creep. Answer: d: cave formations develop from the precipitation of, halite b) calcite c) sulfate d) phosphate.
