OXIDAITON | | Steep sided cinder cone. |
STALAGMITES | | Deep surface depression. |
OXBOW LAKE | | Bowing of the earth's surface. |
FAULT ESCARPMENT | | Seismic seawaves genarated by an earthquake. |
TSUNAMI | | Formation of a stalactite and stalagmite that join to one structure. |
FAULTS | | An arch of stratified rock; bend opposite from crest. |
KARST | | Mechanical processes that fragment and decompse rock materials. |
JOINT | | Rock layers that buckle under pressure. |
ALLUVIAL FAM | | Sharp ridges that seperate adjecent glacially carved valleys. |
TARNS | | A trianglular-shaped deposit of mud. |
SHIELD VOLCANO | | Result of precesses that loosen, dissolve, and remove earth. |
ARETES | | Gently sloping area in front of glacier. |
RILL | | deposit of calcium carbonate that builds upwards from cave floors. |
GULLEY | | Small lakes in the hollowed-out depressions. |
WASHES | | A cresent shaped lake in a meander of a river. |
PERMAFROST | | Underground porous and permeable rock holding ground water. |
MASS WASTING | | Steep-sided, flat-bottomed gully. |
FOLDING | | Permanently frozen subsoil. |
SINKHOLE | | Lakes formed by glacial melt. |
FLOOD PLAIN | | The chemical change that occurs in chemical weathering. |
AQUIFER | | Separation away from the fault. |
ARROYOS | | A trough of stratified rock; downarched |
SOIL | | Gently sloping; eruption without an explosion. |
WARPING | | An embankment on the sides of a meandering river. |
ANTICLINE | | Fan-shaped accumulation of alluvium. |
WEATHERING | | When oxygen combines with mineral components. |
WATER TABLE | | Breaks in rock produced by plates moving. |
RIFT VALLEY | | A dry, braided channel in the desert. |
SYNCLINE | | The down slope movement of earth material due to gravity. |
CARBONATION | | Result of hearvy rain and poor farming techniques. |
OUTWASH PLAIN | | Vibrations within the Earth set off by earthquakes. |
CIRQUE | | The action of the acid in chemical weathering. |
STRATO VLOCANO | | Steep slope formed by vertical movement of Earth. |
HYDROLYSIS | | Mixture of loose material found at the earth's surface. |
SEISMIC WAVES | | Small conical hills of sediment. |
PILIAR | | Fractures tha tare cracks. |
DELTA | | Upper limit of the saturated zone. |
EROSION | | Deposits of calcium carbonate hanging from cave roofs. |
NATURAL LEVEE | | A valley area bordering a stream that is subject to flooding. |
STALACTITES | | Channel made by small stream. |