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Geology - AgMet

AGMET Geology book terms

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Mountains of sediments that have been crumpled up by pressures from the sides Folded Mountains
Layers of rock bent upward under pressure to form a mountain Domed Mountains
Rock fractures along a fault and one side is pushed up into a mountain Falut Block Mountains
Mountain formed when magma is forced to the surface and the erupting lava hardens into rock Volcanic
Formed by water dissolving away one kind of rock while leaving the rocks around it Canyon
Glaciers scraping off the sedimentary rock to the granite core Continental Shield
Erosion takes place when water flows over an area, once water leaves isolated high places will remain Remnants of Erosion
A broad, flat-topped hill rising about the surrounding lowlands Mesa
Smaller, narrower top than a mesa, with steep-sided edges Butte
Type of decomposition that can be caused by the prescence of oxygen in the air Chemical Weathering
Canyon in Washington formed when eroded by a hurricane Berlingame
Canyon dam formed in the Rocky Mountains when excessive winter snow melted Glen
Tiny vacuum bubbles explode inwardly and pound the rock with great force, reducing it to powder Cavitation
High velocity water flows over a rock, it sometimes is able to rip up loose blocks of bedrock and move them along the bottom Plucking
An underwater tornado Kolk
Waters from rivers slow down and all the particles contained in the water settle to the bottom Lake
A major river divides into numerous smaller rivers Delta
Waves crash against a shoreline, depositing material Offshore Deposition
"S" shape body of water that tends to erode the bank on the outside of the "S" curve River
The result of catastrphic water currents Turbidite
When an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption occurs, a shock wave of energy races through the air becoming a wall of water which slams the shoreline Tsunami
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