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How does a glacier cause erosion?
It scrapes and breaks off chunks from rock formations and transports them to another location. The most productive soils in the northern hemisphere are a product of materials delivered during the...
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How does glaciers cause erosion?
Glaciers are huge chunks of snow and ice most time more than 1000 feet thick. They weigh huge amount and overtime become so condensed that they are harder than the rock they are on top of. They move...
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How does wind and water cause erosion?
Water and wind can cause erosion the a variety of ways, but the overall answer is friction. Water can cause erosion by a) liquid water beating a way at the rock and slowly carving into it over a long...
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How can wind cause erosion?
Wind is very energetic and will either drag particles off of a layer of rock or push debris into the rock and break it down.
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Do glaciers cause water erosion?
Glaciers cause erosion because of the immense weight and pressure they can exude onto surfaces. Fine grains of sediment get lodged into the bottom and sides of the glacier, making it so abrasive that...