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resulting landforms
Geomorphic Processes
Gravity
Glaciers Wind
Geomorphic Processes
Endogenetic processes
1. Igneous Processes
Together,
these processes are
responsible for
Denudation
of Earths surface
WEATHERING
Salt Wedging
Chemical Weathering
decomposes rocks through a chemical change in its minerals
Lichens
La Conchita Landslide, January 10, 2005
Monterey Park Debris Flow, 1980
PCH near Pacific Palisades, November 1956
EROSION and TRANSPORTATION
Humid regions:
Perennial streams and entrenched
channels, rapids, waterfalls, plunge
pools, potholes, meandering streams,
bank erosion, oxbow lakes, etc.
Wind Eolian Landscapes
deflation hollows, ventifacts, yardang, etc
TRANSVERSE
DUNES
SEIFS
Types of Dunes
Barchans - migrating crescent dune
with horns pointing downwind; form
where strong winds blow in a consistent
direction. Move fast. Common in central
Asia and Sahara. Can reach hundreds of
feet in height.
Transverse Dunes - parallel waves of crescent
dunes perpendicular to wind direction; migrate
downwind. Found in areas with large supply of
Seifs - multiple very long narrow, parallel dunes. May be
caused in areas with at least two dominant wind
directions. Can be tens of miles long. Common outside of
Piedmont - gently sloping land that
extends out from base of mountains.
Pediment - sloping bedrock at base that
develops.
Delicate Arch,
Arches National
Park, Utah
Coastal
Landforms
COASTAL FLUVIAL
PROCESSES/LANDFORMS
Coastal Erosion - dependent on wave size, angle,
and frequency. Focused where waves contact
coast.
Headlands, sea cliffs, bluffs, sea stacks, natural
bridges
Beach Erosion
Coastal Transportation - wave action creates
strong currents parallel to shore. Large waves
move beach sand offshore. Small waves push it
back on shore.
Longshore current
Coastal Deposition where wave action is
reduced, beaches and dunes form.
beaches
Isla Vista Beach, October 2001
Isla Vista Beach, December 2002
Beach Erosion
Sand
Spit
Sea Stacks
Natural Bridges and
Arches
Barrier Islands
Factors Correlated with
Healthy Coral Reef Growth
water temperature range: 18
29C
normal seawater salinity: 32 35
clear, transparent water
little or no sedimentation
vigorous water motion