Exogenic Processes - Weathering
Exogenic Processes - Weathering
Exogenic Processes - Weathering
PROCESSES
Earth Science
OBJECTIVE
-describe how rocks undergo weathering
It includes geological phenomena and
processes that originate externally to the
Earth's surface. They are directly related to
the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere,
and lithosphere
EXOGENIC PROCESSES
WEATHERING AND EROSION
WEATHERING
Processes at or near Earth’ s surface that
cause rocks and minerals to break down.
EROSION
Process of removing Earth materials from their
original sites through weathering and transport
WEATHERING
The breaking down and
changing of rocks as a result
of exposure to the
environment
TYPES OF WEATHERING
DOME
EXFOLIATION
PROCESSES AND AGENTS OF MECHANICAL
WEATHERING
• Abrasion – Moving sediments or rock
sections can break off pieces from a rock
surface they strike. The sediments can be
moved by wind or water and the large
rock sections by gravity.
PROCESSES AND AGENTS OF MECHANICAL
WEATHERING
WIND
ABRASION
PROCESSES AND AGENTS OF MECHANICAL
WEATHERING
PLANT
WEDGING
PROCESSES AND AGENTS OF MECHANICAL
WEATHERING
PLANT
WEDGING
CHEMICAL
WEATHERING
PROCESSES OF CHEMICAL WEATHERING
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Dissolving
Oxidation Hydrolysis
(dissolution)
PROCESSES OF CHEMICAL WEATHERING
LIMESTONE
CAVE FEATURE
RESULT OF
DISSOLUTION
PROCESSES OF CHEMICAL WEATHERING
PYRITE
OXIDATION
Pyrite
Limonite
PROCESSES OF CHEMICAL WEATHERING
Feldspar
CHEMICAL WEATHERING
• Slide
• Flow
• Fall
• Creep
• Slump
• Avalanche
• Topple
• Spread
Slide – A
descending rock
mass remaining
coherent, moving
along one well-
defined surface
Flow – The debris
is moving
downslope as a
viscous fluid.
.
Fall – Earth’s material
plummeting downward
freely through air.