So now that we know how the rocks have been broken down and moved we need to know how they are placed or laid down. Deposition is the process in where sediments or rocks get placed or dropped. The five types of deposition are the exact same as erosion.
Waves
Waves can place sediments down just like they take them away. When the waves move, they are pulling the sand with them and will release the sand or sediments once it crashes. Sandbars and Long shore drifts are examples of wave deposition.
Waves can place sediments down just like they take them away. When the waves move, they are pulling the sand with them and will release the sand or sediments once it crashes. Sandbars and Long shore drifts are examples of wave deposition.
Glaciers
As the ice moves, it can pick up and drop off sediments just like a bus. Examples are plucking and abrasion placing sediments back on the ground.
As the ice moves, it can pick up and drop off sediments just like a bus. Examples are plucking and abrasion placing sediments back on the ground.
Gravity
Gravity can lay sediments down while it is pushing or pulling it. Once it stops, deposition takes place and the rocks lying on the soil or ground is when everything is over. Examples are mudflows and land slides
Gravity can lay sediments down while it is pushing or pulling it. Once it stops, deposition takes place and the rocks lying on the soil or ground is when everything is over. Examples are mudflows and land slides
Slow Mass Wasting
When there is a 'hump' in the ground, the sediments stop rolling and will rest. That's when weathering, erosion, and deposition have taken place and done their job. Examples are creeps and slumps
When there is a 'hump' in the ground, the sediments stop rolling and will rest. That's when weathering, erosion, and deposition have taken place and done their job. Examples are creeps and slumps
Wind
Wind is like the others, it can carry the sediments as well as place them on the ground when it stops or when the sediment is very close to the ground. Examples are sand dunes and deflation.
Wind is like the others, it can carry the sediments as well as place them on the ground when it stops or when the sediment is very close to the ground. Examples are sand dunes and deflation.