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Exogenic Processes

The document outlines four types of exogenic processes: weathering, erosion, mass wasting, and sedimentation. Weathering is further divided into physical, chemical, and biological categories, each describing different mechanisms of rock breakdown. Erosion involves the wearing away of the Earth's surface, mass wasting refers to the movement of materials down slopes, and sedimentation is the accumulation of materials that form new ground layers.

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Exogenic Processes

The document outlines four types of exogenic processes: weathering, erosion, mass wasting, and sedimentation. Weathering is further divided into physical, chemical, and biological categories, each describing different mechanisms of rock breakdown. Erosion involves the wearing away of the Earth's surface, mass wasting refers to the movement of materials down slopes, and sedimentation is the accumulation of materials that form new ground layers.

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EXOGENIC PROCESSES

4 Types of exogenic processes:

1.) WEATHERING – mechanical and chemical hammer that breaks down and
sculpts rock. It happens even without movement or transportation.

3 types of weathering:

A. PHYSICAL WEATHERING – BREAKDOWN OF ROCKS BY MECHANICAL FORCES


CONCENTRATED ALONG ROCK FRACTURES and CAN OCCUR DUE TO CHANGE IN
TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE

EXAMPLE: SOIL CRACKS BECAUSE OF EXTREME HEAT OR DROUGHT

B. CHEMICAL WEATHERING – ROCKS BREAKDOWN BY CHEMICAL REACTIONS and NEW


OR SECONDARY MINERALS DEVELOP AND SOMETIMES REPLACE THE ORIGINAL
PROPERTIES OF THE MINERALS IN THE ORIGINAL ROCK

AGENTS:

 OXIDATION – REACTION OF A SUBSTANCE WITH OXYGEN

 HYDROLYSIS – THE CHEMICAL BREAKDOWN OF A SUBSTANCE WHEN COMBINED


WITH WATER

 ACID RAIN – MAY CAUSE METALS AND STONES TO CORRODE OR DETERIORATE


AND CHANGE THEIR PROPER TIES
C. BIOLOGICAL WEATHERING – Biological weathering is the process by which
living organisms break down and weaken rocks. It can be caused by the activities of
plants, animals, and microbes:

2.) EROSION – PROCESS BY WHICH EARTH’S SURFACE IS WORN AWAY BY


WIND, WATER OR ICE, MOVES ROCK DEBRIS FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER,
TAKES PLACE WHEN THERE IS RAINFALL, SURFACE RUNOFF FLOWING RIVERS,
ETC, MOVEMENT OF LAND ANIMALS and HUMAN ACTIVITIES LIKE MINING.

3.) MASS WASTING/MOVEMENT – MOVEMENT OF LARGE MASSES OF


MATERIALS DOWN A SLOPE OR A STEEP SIDED HILL OR MOUNTAIN DUE TO
THE PULL OF GRAVITY and VERY DESTRUCTIVE IN AREAS WITH INCREASED
WATER FLOW.

3 TYPES OF MASS WASTING:

A. MUD FLOW – HAPPENS WHEN COMBINED SOIL AND WATER FLOW DOWN A
SLOPE and USUALLY HAPPENS NEAR RIVERS OR STREAMS WHERE SOIL AND
SAND IS ALWAYS MOIST OR HAS BEEN SOAKED IN WATER FOR A LONG TIME
B. DEBRIS FLOW – HAPPENS WHEN A LARGE AMOUNT OF SEDIMENTS, USUALLY
ROCKS OF VARIOUS SIZES, FALLS DOWN THE SLOPE and IT DOES NOT NEED
WATER TO FLOW DOWN.

C. SLUMP – SLOW MOVEMENT OF SOIL


ALONG A CURVED SURFACE. IN TIME, THE
AREA WOULD LOOK CURVED BECAUSE OF
THE DEPRESSION FORMED BY THE
SINKING LAND
4.) SEDIMENTATION – ACCUMULATION OF MATERIALS S.A SOIL, ROCK
FRAGMENTS AND SOIL PARTICLES SETTLING ON THE GROUND, USUALLY
OCCURS IN STREAMS AND SEA EROSION AND OVERTIME, THE SEDIMENT LOAD
BECOMES THICK AND FORMS A NEW LAYER OF GROUND.

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