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Erosional Landforms Flashcards

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What are the 3 types of glacial landform?

A

Macro
Meso
Micro

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Macro scale erosional landforms

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Cirques
Aretes
Pyramidal peaks
Glacial troughs

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Meso scale erosional landforms

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Roches moutonnées
Crag and tail
Subglacial meltwater channels

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Micro scale erosional landforms

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Striations

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Types of landform order of scale

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Macro
Meso
Micro

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Which landforms may occur in relation to a glacial trough?

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Truncated spurs
Hanging valleys
Ribbon lakes
Paternoster lakes

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Describe the formation of a cirque

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Erosion of a nivation hollow
Snow accumulates + compaction
Freeze thaw, chemical weathering + melting snow remove material

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What is scree?

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Mass of loose stones that cover a slope on a mountain

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Hanging Valley

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Tributary Glacier
Valley erosion occurs perpendicular to trough
Leaves 2nd valley ‘above’ trough

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