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Chapter 10 Weathering, Karst Landscapes, and Mass Movement

Chapter 10 Weathering, Karst Landscapes, and Mass Movement. Weathering, Karst Landscapes, and Mass Movement. Landmass Denudation   Weathering Processes   Karst Topography and Landscapes   Mass Movement Processes  . Weathering Processes. Factors Influencing Weathering Processes   Joints

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Chapter 10 Weathering, Karst Landscapes, and Mass Movement

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  1. Chapter 10Weathering, Karst Landscapes, and Mass Movement

  2. Weathering, Karst Landscapes, and Mass Movement • Landmass Denudation   • Weathering Processes   • Karst Topography and Landscapes   • Mass Movement Processes  

  3. Weathering Processes • Factors Influencing Weathering Processes   • Joints • Rock Type • Climate • Time

  4. Joints, Arches National Park, Utah

  5. Weathering Processes • Physical Weathering Processes   • Frost Action • Crystallization • Pressure-Release • Biological Activity • Hydration • Abrasion • Chemical Weathering Processes   • Hydrolysis • Oxidation • Carbonation

  6. Physical Weathering Figure 10.5

  7. Regolith, Soil, and Parent Materials Figure 10.4

  8. Iron-rich red colored parent material turns into red sediment Figure 10.4

  9. Differential Weathering, Arches National Park, Utah Figure 10.1

  10. Crystallization Figure 10.8

  11. Exfoliation in Granite Figure 10.9

  12. Slope in Disequilibrium Figure 10.2

  13. Yosemite Rockfall Figure 10.7

  14. Slope Mechanics Figure 10.3

  15. Slope Form Figure 10.3

  16. Chemical Weathering Figure 10.10

  17. Karst Topography and Landscapes • Formation of Karst   • Lands Covered with Sinkholes   • Caves and Caverns  

  18. Orleans, Indiana Palmyra, Indiana Orangeville, Indiana

  19. Radio Telescope in Arecibo, Puerto Rico Figure 10.12

  20. Cavern Features Figure 10.13

  21. Speleothems in Carlsbad Caverns National Park

  22. “Soda straws” in Carlsbad Caverns National Park

  23. Kartchner Caverns, Arizona

  24. Ik Kil Cenotes in the Yucatan

  25. Mass Movement Processes   • Mass Movement Mechanics   • Classes of Mass Movements   • Human-Induced Mass Movements (Scarification)

  26. Mass Movement Classes Figure 10.15

  27. Infrared Image of La Conchita Landslide from 2002

  28. Lidar Image of the La Conchita Landslides in 1995 and 2005

  29. Aerial Photograph of 1995 and 2005 Landslides

  30. La Conchita Landslide in 1995

  31. La Conchita Landslide damage from 2005

  32. Madison River Landslide Figure 10.14

  33. Rockfall and Talus Cone Figure 10.16

  34. Debris Avalanche Figure 10.17

  35. Gros Ventre Slide 1925 Landslide Near Jackson, Wyoming Figure 10.18

  36. Soil Creep Figure 10.19

  37. Geomorphology • Geomorphology – The study of the origin, evolution, form, and spatial distribution of landforms.

  38. Scarification Black Mesa Arizona Figure 10.20 Bingham Canyon, Utah Berkeley Pit copper Mine, Butte, Montana

  39. End of Chapter 10 Robert W. Christopherson Charlie Thomsen Modified by Jim Speer

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