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scree
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thumb|right|upright|Talus at the bottom of Mount Yamnuska, [[Alberta, Canada]]
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Description
- Formation
- Physical weathering processes
- Chemical weathering processes
- Biotic weathering processes
- Interaction with glaciers
- Albedo (radiation reflection)
- Microclimates
- Biodiversity
- Scree running (activity)
- See also
- References
thumb|right|upright|Talus at the bottom of Mount Yamnuska, [[Alberta, Canada]]
Scree is a collection of broken rock fragments at the base of a cliff or other steep rocky mass that has accumulated through periodic rockfall. Landforms associated with these materials are often called talus deposits.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “scree” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.