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State a characteristic of a river dominated Delta

The net force acting on a fluid is called the...

What are the 2 delta sub-environments?

where is the sediment of no deltaic shorelines derived from?

hows long is a lunar day?

State the 3 main processes which can erode, transport and deposit sediments.

9) What is Denudation?

State 3 facts abpout pelagic settling

State 2 facts about hemipelagic settling

10) What are the functions of weathering

what is Pelagic Rain?

What is a Lysocline?

11) what is Ice Wedging?

why does Oxygen 16 water have weaker bonds than oxygen 18 water?

Newtons Universal Law of Gravitation

what is salt weathering?

Dissolution is where ....

Outline what a graded stream profile is:

What are river systems characterised by?

Outline the first sub environment of a river system: Channels

Outline the second sub environment: overbank environments

The Earth's Orbit around the Sun is not constant and can explain short term climate change?
T Or F?

What is Eccentricity?

What is Obliquity?

What is Axial Precession?

State the properties of Oxygen 16 in water:

What is the reason for changes in the Earths Orbit?

The moon exerts twice the gravitational attraction and tide generating force than the sun.... why?

What is the effect of changes in the Earths Orbit?

State the properties of Oxygen 18 in water:

What is the periodicity of Eccentricity?

What is the periodicity of Obliquity?

When do spring tides occur?

What is the periodicity of Axial Procession?

When do Neap tides occur?

what are the 3 types of tide?

outline the ice forming config and its net effect:

ICE AGE

Outline the Ice Melting Config and its net effects:

NOW

Flow Velocity

1) What are the main methods of sediment Transport?

what did the uplift of the Tibetan Plateu cause?

What is Sinuosity?

2) what is creep and how fast does it move per year?

3) what is solification?

4) What are debris flows?

A braided river

The Delta Nomination
working out Oxygen Isotope ratios -

5) What is Laminar flow

We can measure past climates using oxygen isotopes by....

6) What is Turbulent Flow?

7) How do particles with low viscosities flow?

State the 2 different types of Foraminifera

Reynolds Number

What is a delta?

Delta Classification

Deep water motion is driven by density differences between water masses, due to....

State a characteristic of a Wave dominated delta

Outline the global conveyor belt

State a characteristic of a Tide dominated delta