GEOL 1001 : Test 4
Document Summary
Geology 3-16-12: fluvial processes: physical processes unique to river environments. Due to river processes; rivers, streams (smaller rivers: running water. Water running over the surface of the earth, and also underground (ground water) Most important geologic agent in eroding, transporting, and depositing sediment: fluvial - processes pertaining to a stream or river. Picture is of colorado river flowing through the grand canyon, the water cuts through the sides of the grand canyon, eroding it. * a stream - is a body of running water, confined to a channel, that runs downhill under the influence of gravity. Sometimes joins with a bigger river and eventually finds the sea: diagram of hydrologic cycle: the movement and interchange of water between the sea, air, and land. Rain evaporates (evaporation) into the air and then condensates (condensation) to form clouds, and the clouds produce rain (precipitation) - water runs on the surface as (run-off) forming rivers and streams to meet the ocean again.
