The processes by which materials of the Earth’s crust are weathered and transported from their place of origin. Rocks are worn, loosened, broken apart, or dissolved by wind, rivers, wave action, freezing and thawing, and chemical breakdown.
The processes by which materials of the Earth’s crust are weathered and transported from their place of origin. Rocks are worn, loosened, broken apart, or dissolved by wind, rivers, wave action, freezing and thawing, and chemical breakdown.