Which outcome results when stream capture affects floodplain oxbow formation?

💡 Explanation

Reduced sinuosity occurs because stream capture diverts water flow, thus decreasing the energy available for lateral erosion crucial to meander development, therefore abandoned oxbow lakes fail to reform, rather than allowing sediment aggradation.

• Which geologic change is driven by transform faulting?
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• Which outcome occurs when silicate rocks undergo hydrolysis?
• Which consequence results when a meander cutoff occurs, altering stream flow?
• Which outcome occurs when pressure exceeds competent rock strength along a transform fault?
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