Inclined/tilted rock strata

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• Hat Cos
• Rock Strata


  • Dips at an angle between 10° and 25°
  • Significant difference between Scalp and dip slope
• Alternating layers of Hard rock and soft rock

  1. Can slope gently upward

  2. Eroding at the upper edge

  3. Forming one or more cuestas in the ground

  4. At the Higher edge of the Formation, Soft rock erodes more easily than the Hard rock layer above

  5. Forming a cliff or Steep bank
• Air temperatures


  Air pressure
• Air pressure


  Wind
• Pressure gradient


  Force that influences how strong or gentle a wind blows
• Atmospheric pressure is pressure exerted by the atmosphere on Earth
• Pressure gradient


  Describes the direction and rate of change experienced by the atmospheric pressure from a high pressure to low pressure
• If the change in pressure between a high pressure and low pressure is great

  It will have a steep pressure gradient, isobars will be drawn close together, and there will be strong wind
• If the change in pressure between a high pressure and low pressure is small

  The pressure gradient will be gentle, the isobars will be further apart, and there will be slow wind
• The stronger the pressure gradient, the higher the winds