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11 Cards in this Set
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List the 4 glacial advances from oldest to newest |
Nebraskan Kansas Illinoisan Wisconsin |
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Soils developed in place from bedrock below |
Residual |
Weathering, colluvial, alluvial fan, delta, moraine, residual, lucustrine, aluvium, glacial outwash, loess, organic, aeolian |
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Fragments of rocks detached from heights above and carried down slope are called? |
Colluvial |
Weathering, colluvial, alluvial fan, delta, moraine, residual, lucustrine, aluvium, glacial outwash, loess, organic, aeolian |
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Soil material carried by moving water is called? |
Aluvium |
Weathering, colluvial, alluvial fan, delta, moraine, residual, lucustrine, aluvium, glacial outwash, loess, organic, aeolian |
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Fan shaped deposits formed when soil laden water flows from the upland to areas of lesser slopes are called? |
Alluvial fan |
Weathering, colluvial, alluvial fan, delta, moraine, residual, lucustrine, aluvium, glacial outwash, loess, organic, aeolian |
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Deposits made at the point of entry of a tributary into a main body of water are called? |
Delta |
Weathering, colluvial, alluvial fan, delta, moraine, residual, lucustrine, aluvium, glacial outwash, loess, organic, aeolian |
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Deposits caused by material carried by wind |
Loess |
Weathering, colluvial, alluvial fan, delta, moraine, residual, lucustrine, aluvium, glacial outwash, loess, organic, aeolian |
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Deposits from the melt water of a glacier that is stratified or layered |
Glacial outwash |
Weathering, colluvial, alluvial fan, delta, moraine, residual, lucustrine, aluvium, glacial outwash, loess, organic, aeolian |
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Name given to the ridge left at the end of the glacier |
Moraine |
Weathering, colluvial, alluvial fan, delta, moraine, residual, lucustrine, aluvium, glacial outwash, loess, organic, aeolian |
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Silt sized particals carried and deposited by wind |
Aeolian |
Weathering, colluvial, alluvial fan, delta, moraine, residual, lucustrine, aluvium, glacial outwash, loess, organic, aeolian |
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Soil formed from slow decomposition of plants in low oxygen enviroments |
Organic |
Weathering, colluvial, alluvial fan, delta, moraine, residual, lucustrine, aluvium, glacial outwash, loess, organic, aeolian |
