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| Element derived from Bauxite of decomposed tropical soils |
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| particle size between 2mm and .0625 |
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| Sediments composed of skeleton of organisms |
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| Physical breakdown of rocks |
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| Glacial fluvial aeolian deposit |
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| Occurs when transport media slow down |
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| Photoautotrophic part of chalk |
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| Cementation agent of local Iron ore |
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| Finest of the clastic sedimentary rocks with layers |
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| Economically most important resource derived from sedimentary system |
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| Animal component of chalk |
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| Hydrated quartz which captures and stores organisms |
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| Largest particle size of sediments |
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| sedimentary rock composed of pieces between .0625 and 2mm |
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| movement of elements from high pressure to low pressure zones |
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| massive stone composed of <.0039 |
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| chemical breakdown of rocks. |
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| scale used to differentiate sediments sizes |
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| process of gluing particles together. |
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| way of subdividing sandstone |
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| making rocks out of sediments |
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| rocks composed of pieces of other rocks |
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| cracking in response of expanding batholiths |
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| breaking rock by freezing |
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| lithification by squeezing |
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| mineral most resistant to decomposition |
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| most common cementation agent in the world |
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| sedimentary rock composed of pieces between .0625 and .0039 |
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| how closely grains are associated with the mean size |
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| what you get if you squeeze limestone |
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| metamorphism caused because c/c collision |
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| derived by change of other rocks |
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| Low grade foliated metamorphic rock with grains too small to see without microscope |
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| responsible for contact metamorphic |
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| generate heat for cataclastic metamorphism |
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| mineral found in all rocks |
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| rocks which have parallel elongated minerals |
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| Lowest grade foliated metamorphic rock |
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| intermediate between metamorphic and igneous |
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| kind of metamorphism caused by magma |
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| metamorphic rock which do not have paralleled elongated minerals |
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| the parallel arrangement of elongated minerals |
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| process which concentrated economically important minerals around magma chamber |
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| highest grade metamorphic rock.. looks like granite |
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| defined by the stability of rocks. |
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| high grade metamorphic mineral |
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| The rock which you start out with during metamorphism |
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| kind of metamorphism cause by faulting |
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| causes molecule to move faster |
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| bowen's reaction sequence |
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| sequence of rock change during metamorphism |
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| changes the liquidus and/or solidus |
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| high grade metamorphic mineral |
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| mineral usually found in metamorphic rocks |
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| most common gas associated with vulcanism |
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| what you get if you squeeze quartz sandstone |
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| the process of changing other rocks |
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| the state of rock being changed |
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| last mineral to be metamorphosed |
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| high grade metamorphic mineral |
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| the best catalyst during metamorphism |
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| moderate grade foliated metamorphic rock with visible grains |
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| the state of rock being changed |
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| last mineral to be metamorphosed |
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| high grade metamorphic mineral |
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| the best catalyst during metamorphism |
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| moderate grade foliated metamorphic rock with visible grains |
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| stream type which results from large changes in volume of water |
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| the ultimate limit of erosion |
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| most efficient shape for water transport |
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| the amount of dissolved rok being moved by a stream |
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| the physical and chemical breakdown of rocks |
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| flow regime of water when there is no overlying pressure |
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| spit which cuts off meander loope |
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| projection of sand extending away from bank |
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| trough in which stream flows |
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| oxbows are back filled with... |
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| sediments falling out as transport media slow |
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| the amount of sediment carried in contact with stream bed |
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| the best measure of the amount of water coming off the hillside |
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| the best measure of the largest rock a steam can carry |
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| accumulation of river born sediments in quite water |
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| where do you find the fastest flow in any stream flow? |
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| site of deposition of most clay and oranics |
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| the amount of sediment being moved |
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| result to high deposition and low wave dispersal |
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| deposit terrestrial sediments out onto maringe deposits |
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| site of most deposition in a meandering stream |
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| controlled by gradient and friction |
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| third deposit in point bars |
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| site where most sediments in a braided stream reside |
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| site of least deposition in a meandering stream |
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| preferred profile of a stream |
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| moving sediments down hill |
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| the amount of sediment being carried in water column |
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| gravel left behind by stream |
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| delta which is the result of roughly equal river and wave transport |
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| deposit on bank by river breaching stream bed |
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| stream type which wanders back and forth in valley |
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| trace of highest velocity flow down a stream |
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| destruction of terrestrial sediment leaving marine deposition |
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| the limit of stream erosion |
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| flow regime of water under pressure |
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| result of low river and high wave transport |
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| second deposit in point bar |
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