ERS103H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Clastic Rock, Geothermal Gradient, Depositional Environment
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Weathering: the process that breaks up and corrode solid rock, eventually transforming into sediment. Weathering produces sediment, which is the accumulation of loose mineral grains that are not cemented together. Sediment is transported by erosion, (cid:449)hich the gri(cid:374)di(cid:374)g a(cid:449)ay a(cid:374)d re(cid:373)o(cid:448)al of earth"s surface (cid:373)aterials by moving water, air, or ice. *based on how a rock looks now what the environment looked like before where it was deposited, what it looked like when it was formed originally, or what kind of organism actually formed this rock. Sediments form a blanket that covers the earth made up of soil and bedrock. Soil: is the uppermost veneer, which has interacted with rain and organic matter. Bedrock: is the foundation upon which sediment rests. Surface area: the amount of your rock that is in contact with a medium around it such as water, wind, ice ect.
