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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 352C Effect of Sediment Characteristics on Erosion and Deposition in EphemeralStream Channels By S A SCHUMM EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION IN A SEMIARID ENVIR. Agents of Deposition. The agents of erosion are also agents of deposition.. Depositional rate depends on sediment size, shape and density.. Depositional rate also depends on characteristics of the depositional agent.. Objectives. Learn basic concepts of sediment transport and fluvial geomorphology. Understand sediment budgets (sources, sinks, pathways for sediment). Discuss infrastructure and ecosystem response. 1. FREEING THE ELWHA. Deposition of Large Materials. Once rivers reach lower gradients, their erosional power decreases and their ability to carry sediment downstream also decreases. . With low flows, . __________, ___________, and __________ act together in a cycle that wears down and builds up Earth’s surface.. ________, ___________, __________, _______, and ________ all cause erosion.. _______ causes mass movement, the process that moves sediment downhill.. J. Quigley. 4/2012. Water Shapes the Land. Water Shapes the Land. The Mississippi River is like a thousand dump trucks… every year it carries more than 300 million tons of sediment to the ocean! . This sediment is being washed away from the surface of the land and is called erosion.. Contrast. the features left from different types of erosion.. Analyze. the impact of living and nonliving things on the processes of weathering and erosion.. Erosion and Deposition. Section 7.2. gravity: . Chapter 9 - Section 3, 4, 5, and 6. How Water Erodes. Most sediment washes or falls into a river as a result of mass movement and runoff. Other sediment erodes from the bottom or sides of the river. Streams carry sediment in several . What Is An . Ecoregion. ?. Ecoregion. - . a major ecosystem with distinctive geography, characteristic plants and animals, ecosystems, and receiving uniform solar radiation and moisture . Sometimes called an ecological region or bioregion. - running water is the most effective agent of erosion. - gravity draws surface water downhill, which allows the water to erode soil and rock materials. - rivers also eventually leave their eroded materials behind, which we refer to as . V-Map. 1 side for chalk. 1 side for . m&m’s. . Do Now. SWBAT describe mechanical weathering. 1. Where do pebbles and small particles of rock come from?. 2. . Did anyone carve pumpkins this weekend?. Nicholas Bugosh. and . Edward G. Epp. ASMR 36. th. Annual Meeting. Big Sky, Montana. Geomorphic reclamation for reestablishment of landform stability at a watershed scale in mined sites: The Alto Tajo Natural Park, Spain . Starter:. What pH’s are acidic?. What colour does universal indicator turn in the presence of acid?. What are acids?. Rain is naturally slightly acidic pH 5.6. Caused by carbon dioxide in the air dissolving into the water forming . Temu . ke-. 9. Sedimentary Rocks. Detrital/Siliciclastic Sedimentary Rocks. conglomerates & . breccias. sandstones. mudstones. Carbonate Sedimentary Rocks. limestones. dolostones. Other Sedimentary Rocks. bioturbation. , oxygen, and . resuspension. where it is effectively sequestered for millennial time scales. .. Important to the global C cycle through the geologic carbon cycle - sediments are the point of entry .