Exogenic

Processes
(Erosion and
Deposition)
M R S . A N A LY N A . V I N O YA

E A RT H S C I E N C E
 • 1. Identify the different agents of
erosion and deposition

Specific Learning
•  2. Describe characteristic surface
Outcomes
features and landforms created and the
processes that contributed to their
formation
 Activity;

KEY TERMS CAN DEFINE IT HAVE HEARD/READ ABOUT IT NO IDEA ABOUT IT

EROSION
ABRASION
DEPOSITION
ALLUVIAL FANS
OXBOW LAKE
GLACIER
ARETE
DRUMLIN
DUNE
DEFLATION
VENTIFACTS
BARRIER ISLAND
SPIT
think of as many ways as you can to move the
sand from one end of the tray to the other.
 WEATHERING VS. EROSION

Erosion — the
Weathering — the
incorporation and
disintegration and
transportation of material
decomposition of rock at
by a mobile agent such as
or near the Earth surface
water, wind, or ice
 Weathering

Weathering occurs in situ, that is, Weathering, erosion/transportation,

particles stay put and no movement and deposition are exogenic
is involved. As soon as the processes that act in concert, but in
weathering product starts moving differing relative degrees, to bring
(due to fluid flow) we call the about changes in the configuration
process erosion.  of the Earth’s surface.
 AGENTS OF
EROSION
• 1. Running water

• 2. Ocean or sea waves

• 3. Glaciers 

• 4. Wind

• 5. Groundwater

• 6. Gravity
Running water

•Overland Flow          

•Stream Flow
 i. Velocity – dictates the ability of stream to erode and
transport; controlled by gradient, channel size and
factors that affect shape, channel roughness, and the amount of water
flowing in the channel 
stream erosion
and deposition ii. Discharge – volume of water passing through a
cross-section of a stream during a given time; as the
discharge increases, the width of the channel, the
depth of flow, or flow velocity increase individually
or simultaneously 
Ocean or sea waves 

A wave can be described

as a disturbance that
travels through a
medium from one
location to another
location.

Waves are classified based on generation force:

wind generated waves, tsunami, tides, seiches
Glaciers
• Glacier — a moving body of ice on land that moves downslope or outward from an area
of accumulation

• Types of glaciers: i. Valley (alpine) glaciers — bounded by valleys and tend to be long
and narrow ii. Ice sheets (continental glaciers) — cover large areas of the land surface;
unconfined by topography. Modern ice sheets cover Antarctica and Greenland iii. Ice
shelves — sheets of ice floating on water and attached to the land. They usually occupy
coastal embayments. 
Glacial Erosion
Sea waves erosion
Erosion by water