Define the Following Geography of Chemical Weathering Flashcards

The physical breakdown and chemical alteration of rock at Earth's surface.

The transfer of rock and soil downslope under the influence of gravity.

The physical removal of material by mobile agents such as water, wind, ice, or gravity.

Type of weathering in which rocks are broken down into smaller pieces without changing the rock's mineral composition.

Type of weathering involving a chemical transformation of rock into one or more new compounds.

Major process of chemical weathering that is aided by small amounts of acid in the water.

Major process of chemical weathering; any reaction when electrons are lost from one element.

Major process of chemical weathering; The reaction of any substance with water.

Most important agent of chemical weathering.

Process where water works its way into cracks in rock and, upon freezing, expands and enlarges these openings. After many freeze-thaw cycles, the rock is broken into angular fragments.

Process where there is a great reduction in pressure when the overlying rock is eroded away.

Process where rocks containing calcite readily dissolve in weakly acidic solutions; rocks do not weather uniformly due to regional and local factors.

Combination of mineral and organic matter, water, and air.

Rock and mineral fragments produced by weathering that supports the growth of plants

Decayed animal and plant remains