1.6 - Norway

Question 1

U-Shaped Valleys

Answer 1

Glaciers erode downwards and sideways, it goes through the fault line and picks up material through plucking and abrasion. It erodes everything in it’s way and deposits material on the side, forming a U-shaped valley.

Question 2

Eustatic SLR

Answer 2

Global warming increases temperature causing sea temperatures to rise. Therefore, sea particles move more and the ocean expands causing eustatic SLR.

Question 3

Rias

Answer 3

Drowned river valleys, floodplain vanishes, river valley is filled with water, and the drainage system then leaves higher land dry.

Question 4

Fjords

Answer 4

Drowned glacial valleys, U shaped and steep sided.

Question 5

Tectonic SLR

Answer 5

Eustatic SLR where tectonics can cause faulting and folding causing the crust of the seabed to get displaced.