'Desert pavement' diaporamas de présentation

Classroom presentations to accompany Understanding Earth , 3rd edition

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Arid region geomorphology... What causes the erosion and deposition? - Wind, Water, and Gravity

Arid region geomorphology... What causes the erosion and deposition? - Wind, Water, and Gravity . Badlands topography with terraces. Types of streams in Arid and semi-Arid locales Exotic streams - begin in areas that are not arid and flow into the desert.

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Wind Processes and Landforms

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Natural arch

Natural arch. Typically formed by a combination of wind and water Narrow ridges are formed and the softer substrata is weathered first, forming a bridge/arch overhead. Ventifact. Created by wind erosion

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Winds and Deserts

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Amanda R Hintz SUNY University at Buffalo May 29, 2009

Determining the long-term behavior of intraplate volcanic fields: An integrated study of physical volcanology, tectonics and hazard assessment. Amanda R Hintz SUNY University at Buffalo May 29, 2009. Overview. Overview Introduction and Significance Background and Geology

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Life in the Atacama Science Team Effort, 1 st Year Field Campaign : Striving to Integrate

Life in the Atacama Science Team Effort, 1 st Year Field Campaign : Striving to Integrate Biology, Geology, Autonomous Exploration. James Dohm, Kimberly Warren-Rhodes, Peter Coppin, Greg Fisher, Jonathon Foster, Bob Anderson. NASA AMES University of Arizona Carnegie Mellon

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Chapter 15 Eolian Processes and Arid Landscapes

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AEOLIAN LANDFORMS

AEOLIAN LANDFORMS. Erosional Landforms. Depositional Landforms. DEFLATION HOLLOW. A surface depression or hollow commonly found in arid and semiarid regions. Desert Pavement. A veneer of coarse particles left on the ground after the erosion of finer particles. Yardang. Sculpted landforms.

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Leela E. Rao 1 , David R. Parker 1 , Andrzej Bytnerowicz 2 , and Edith B. Allen 3

Nitrogen Mineralization Across an Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition Gradient in Southern California Deserts. Leela E. Rao 1 , David R. Parker 1 , Andrzej Bytnerowicz 2 , and Edith B. Allen 3. 1 Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside

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Chapters 17 and 20

Chapters 17 and 20. Physical Geography of Africa, Southwest Asia, and Central Asia. Land: North Africa, SW Asia and Central Asia. Earthquakes African, Arabian, Anatolian and Eurasian plates come together in these areas.

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Wind Landforms

Wind Landforms. Where are they commonly found? deserts & semi-arid environments coastal areas. Wind Landforms. wind erosion deflation particles lifted in air or bounce along ground ex. desert pavement ex. depressions in sand dunes. Wind Landforms. wind erosion, cont. wind abrasion

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