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Weathering and
Erosion
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Weathering is the breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth’s surface
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TwoTwo Types of Weathering
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The altering of the composition of minerals within a rock that results in a reduction in size.
Agents of chemical weathering include:
Water: Dissolves minerals out of rocks making them weaker
1) Chemical weathering
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Acid: Dissolves minerals in rocks (examples: carbonic acid, acid rain, and plant acid)
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Lichens such as these growing on the rocks in the picture can produce weak acids that react with the rock.
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3000 year old Egyptian Obelisk
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The Parthenon in Greece shows discoloration and chemical weathering effects from air
pollution and acid rain.
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Oxidation: Oxygen combines with iron minerals and sulfur minerals changing the composition of the rock
Oxidation turned these rocks in Nevada's Valley of Fire red.
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No change in the rock’s chemical
composition.
Agents of mechanical weathering include:
Temperature: causes repeated expansion and contraction
2) Mechanical/physical weathering
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Ice wedging (frost action, freeze-thaw cycle): when liquid water goes into cracks and then freezes causing the cracks to get wider
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OrganicOrganic activity activity (root-pry, burrowing animals, human activities)
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GravityGravity: rocks falling and colliding with other rocks
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AbrasionAbrasion: wearing away by solid particles
Wind-blown Sand
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UnloadingUnloading: the expanding of high pressure rock when exposed to a lower pressure Classic sheeted granite
along the Tioga Road, Yosemite National Park. The granite is broken into gently dipping plates by unloading joints. Unloading joints probably form as the rock is exposed by erosion. These joints, and others that are more steeply oriented, provide pathways for water to enter the rock.
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Exfoliation or unloading - rock breaks off into leaves or sheets along joints which parallel the ground surface; caused by expansion of rock due to uplift and erosion; removal of pressure of deep burial
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ContractionContraction due to crystallization
The surface pattern on this pedestal rock is honeycomb weathering, caused by salt crystallization. This example is at Yehliu, Taiwan.
Salt weathering of building
stone on the island of Gozo, Malta
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Factors that determine the rate of weathering:
o CompositionComposition
o Physical conditionsPhysical conditions of rock Cracks, holes, crevices –
easier weathering Solid, unbroken – more
weather resistant
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ClimateClimate:
ColdCold ClimatesClimates– mechanical weathering breaks down rocks rapidly
Warm, wet climatesWarm, wet climates – chemical weathering breaks down rocks rapidly
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o TopographyTopography: the position of the rock
o Air pollutionAir pollution
o Exposure timeExposure time
o Surface areaSurface area exposed
Mechanical and chemical weathering work together
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Erosion• The process by which water, ice, wind or
gravity moves fragments of rock and soil.
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Water Erosion• Rivers, streams, and runoff
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Ice Erosion
• Glaciers
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Wind Erosion
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Mass Movements• Landslides, mudslides, slump and creep
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Weathering Labs
• Pre-read the lab tonight.• Dress for the lab, first day only