GGR100H1 Chapter 13: GGR100 Chap 13 Notes (Weathering and Mass Wasting)
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Chapter 13 notes (lec 2) y geomorphology is the process-based study of landforms and dynamic equilibrium. y denudation is any process that wears away or rearranges landforms. This builds mountains and weathers to shape landmasses y equilibrium: sun converts radiation into heat energy. Hydrologic cycle imparts kinetic energy through mechanical motion. Chemical energy made available from atmospheric reactions within the crust y dynamic equilibrium model: emphasized a balance among force, form and processes. Building mountains, weathering and shaping land masses. y the rock cycle makes up the formations of landmasses and natural disasters. When rocks hit and get folded, this causes mountains while the hitting can also cause earthquakes and volcanoes. y weathering. Is influenced by the character of the bedrock: some are hard/soft, soluble/insoluble, and broken/unbroken. It is a process that attacks rocks and breaks it down into smaller pieces of rocks called regolith: weathering is broken down into two proal growth and unloading. cesses, physical and chemical.