Which outcome occurs when loose sediment encounters persistent winds?

💡 Explanation

Desert pavements/REG form because wind selectively removes fine particles; this process is called deflation, leaving larger rocks behind. Therefore, REG develops rather than vegetation taking root, because the environment is too abrasive.

• Which outcome dominates when a locked subduction zone ruptures?
• Which mechanism explains why major river systems in the Northern Hemisphere deflect to the right?
• Which outcome rapidly increases when fractured cave limestone collapses?
• Which mechanism causes localized crustal thinning at continent-continent convergent boundaries after initial collision?
• Which risk sharply increases when pumping groundwater excessively from karst aquifers?
• Which outcome occurs when strike-slip fault movement impedes a river’s natural channel alignment?