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–noun | the acid, H2CO3, formed when carbon dioxide dissolves in water, known in the form of its salts and esters, the carbonates. |
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chemical weathering [image] |
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–noun | the acid, H2CO3, formed when carbon dioxide dissolves in water, known in the form of its salts and esters, the carbonates. |
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–verb (used without object) | 1. | to move slowly with the body close to the ground, as a reptile or an insect, or a person on hands and knees. |
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noun | 1. | the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded. |
| 2. | the process by which the surface of the earth is worn away by the action of water, glaciers, winds, waves, etc. |
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mechanical weathering [image] |
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| the erosion or breakdown of rock into smaller fragments by natural physical agents with no chemicals involved; also called disintegration | | Example: | Agents of mechanical weathering are frost, tree roots, etc. |
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When water infiltrates fractures in rock and freezes, the force of expansion is great enough to break
the rock into smaller pieces. |
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- To remove (a layer of bark or skin, for example) in flakes or scales; peel.
- To cast off in scales, flakes, or splinters
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| chemical decomposition in which a compound is split into other compounds by reacting with water. |
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noun | 1. | the downward falling or sliding of a mass of soil, detritus, or rock on or from a steep slope. |
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alot of earth moves all at once |
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noun Geology. | 1. | a flow of mixed earth debris containing a large amount of water. |
| 2. | the dried-out product of such a flow. |
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noun Chemistry. | 1. | the process or result of oxidizing. |
| 2. | the deposit that forms on the surface of a metal as it oxidizes |
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The unconsolidated and more or less chemically weathered mineral or organic matter from which the Solum of soils is developed by Pedogenic processes.
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| the soil that is remaining after the soluble elements have been dissolved |
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noun | 1. | the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus. |
| 2. | a particular kind of earth: sandy soil. |
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| the washing away of soil by the flow of water |
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| a vertical succession of horizons, commonly lettered A, B, C (beginning at the surface), that have been subjected to soil-forming processes, chiefly leaching and oxidation. |
| 2. | a diagram of a vertical section of soil depicting the horizons. |
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noun | the bed or stratum of earth or earthy material immediately under the surface soil. |
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| the fertile, upper part of the soil |
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| material used as a weather strip. |
| 3. | Geology. the various mechanical and chemical processes that cause exposed rock to decompose. |
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