Weathering is the surface

Unit 4: Earth’s general process

processesby which rocks are broken
down at Earth’s surface.
• Produces
Weathering andall the clays
Erosion. and soils
Landforms in deserts, glaciated regions and
• Dissolved
river valleys. substances that streams carry to the ocean

• Major process of rock cycle

• Shapes Earth’s surface
• Rock to sediments and soils
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Part 1: Dr Azhar
Assignment: 3  5+10+5 = 20 marks
Mid-sem exam: 15 marks

Part 2: Prof. Joydip

Assignment: 1  5 marks
Mid-sem: 10 marks
 Zhangjiajie National Park,
China

• Chemical weathering occurs

when the minerals in a rock are
chemically altered or dissolved

• Physical weathering takes place

when solid rock is fragmented by
mechanical processes that do not
change its chemical composition
• Erosion is the process by which particles
produced by weathering are dislodged and
removed from their source, usually by means
of currents of water or air.

• Erosion moves particles from hillslopes to

the starting points of stream channels.

• Mass wasting includes all the processes by which

weathered and unweathered Earth materials
move downslope in larger amounts and in large
single events, usually by means of gravity.
Uluru (Ayers Rock),
Australia Differential
Weathering

Arizona, USA
Which mineral will be weathered first?
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TEMPLE
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LANDSLIDE