A Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology with Special Reference to Environmental Karst Hydrology. Courtesy of the author & The Karst Waters Institute. 2002.
Weathering — This article is about weathering of rocks and minerals. For weathering of polymers, see Polymer degradation and Weather testing of polymers. Weathering is the breaking down of rocks, soils and minerals as well as artificial materials through… … Wikipedia
Weathering steel — Corten redirects here. For the commune in Moldova, see Corten, Taraclia. Iron alloy phases Ferrite (α iron, δ iron) … Wikipedia
Honeycomb weathering — Honeycomb weathering, also known as fretting, cavernous weathering, alveoli weathering, or tafoni weathering, is a type of salt weathering common on coastal and semi arid sandstones and limestones.CauseSalt is deposited on the surface of the rock … Wikipedia
Sutton Salt Lake — Der Sutton Salt Lake in seiner Trockenphase Mitte November 2008 Der Sutton Salt Lake ist der einzige Salzsee Neuseelands und stellt durch die Art seiner Entstehung eine Besonderheit unter den Salzseen der Welt dar. Inhaltsverzeichnis … Deutsch Wikipedia
Qattara Depression — For other uses, see Qattara (disambiguation). Qattara Depression Location Egypt in the Matruh Governorate Coordinates … Wikipedia
Haloclasty — is a type of physical weathering caused by the growth of salt crystals. The process is first started when saline water seeps into cracks and evaporates depositing salt crystals, when the rocks are then heated up the crystals will expand putting… … Wikipedia
Andrew Goudie — Andrew Shaw Goudie is Master of St Cross College, Oxford.Professor Andrew Shaw Goudie is a geographer at the University of Oxford specialising in desert geomorphology, dust storms, weathering, and climatic change in the tropics. He has also known … Wikipedia
Tafonierung — Ausgeprägte Tafoni an der kalifornischen Küste bei San Mateo Als Tafoni (aus dem Korsischen[1], vgl. pietra tafunata = durchlöcherter Stein; Einzahl: Tafone) wird eine Verwitterungsform in mittel bis grobkörnigen[2] … Deutsch Wikipedia
Denudation — Schematic illustration of regional denudation for felsic alkaline intrusive rock bodies of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Cabo Frio Island and Itaúna Body. In geology, denudation is the long term sum of processes that cause the wearing away … Wikipedia
Silt — is soil or rock derived granular material of a grain size between sand and clay. Silt may occur as a soil or as suspended sediment in a surface water body. It may also exist as soil deposited at the bottom of a water body. Source Silt is… … Wikipedia
