Glacier Flashcards

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Glaciation

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The process of ice advancing covering large areas of land

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Glaciers form

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Form when Snowfall exceeds melting.

The heat and pressure from the mass cause a slight melting which lubricates the bottom of the glacier.

gravity pulls it down making it flow

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Glacier and the ice age

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The have been 4 at least for ice age been here for in the past 2.5 million years

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Glaciation and canada landforms

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Glacial can have erosional strip away or removing material and depositional effects. (Adding material)

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Erosion effects of glaciatiion

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Glaciers are responsible for changing drainage patterns and creating new lakes and streams

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Depositional effects of glaciation fall into two categories

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1.Depositing by ice
2.Depositing by water

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Depositional effects of glaciers depositing by ice

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-glacial till:debris,such as loose sediments and rocks,that are collected and deposited by glaciers

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