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15 Cards in this Set
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Agent of erosion
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moving water, wind, or ice that cause the transport of weathered materials
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Bed load
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the sediments that roll or bounce along the bottom of a stream
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Deposition
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the settling, or release, of sediments that have been carried by an agent of erosion (ESRT)
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Dune
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a hill or ridge of wind-blown sand
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Dynamic equilibrium
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the state in which opposing processes take place at the same rate, a state of balance of events
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Equilibrium
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a state of balance
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Erosion
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the transportation of sediments by water, air, glaciers, or gravity acting alone. ( See agents of erosion) (ESRT)
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Flotation
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the method by which particles that are too large to be carried in solution or by suspension float on water
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Glacier
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a large ice mass that flows over land due to gravity
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Graded bedding
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within a layer of sediment, the gradual change in sediment size from bottom (large) to top (small) showing the order in which particles settled; verticle sorting
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Horizontal sorting
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a decrease in the size of sediment particles with distance from the shore, produced as a stream enters calm water
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Landslide
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the rapid, downslope movement of rock and soil
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Mass movement
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the motion of soil or rock down a slope without the influence of running water, wind, or glaciers
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Solution
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the method by which dissolved solids are carried in water
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Sorting
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the separation of particles of sediment as a result of differences in their shape, density, or size
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