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1. The Global Distribution of Cold Environments
What are cold environments,
Explain glacial environments,
Explain periglacial and tundra en...
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2. Ice formation and movement - 2 types of Glaciers
Explain temperate alpine warm bas...,
Explain polar cold based glaciers
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2. Ice formation and movement - Ice movement
Ice movement can be due to compre...,
Ice movement can be due to basal ...,
Ice movement can be due to intern...
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3. Glacial Budgets
Define glacial budget mass balance,
Explain the glacial budget mass b...
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4. Glacial Erosion - Glacial Erosion and Weathering Processes
Explain the two main processes of...,
Explain the two weathering processes,
State the major landforms that ar...
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4. Glacial Erosion - Corries and associated landforms
Briefly explain what a corrie is ...,
Explain the associated lanforms o...,
Explain the formation of a corrie
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4. Glacial Erosion - Glacial troughs and associated landforms
Describe the features of a glacia...,
Explain the formation of a glacia...,
Draw a diagram to show the format...
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5. Glacial transportation and deposition
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5. Glacial transportation and deposition - Drumlins
Describe what a drumlin is its ap...,
Explain the formation of a drumlin
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5. Glacial transportation and deposition - Moraines
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6. Fluvioglacial processes - Deposition
Describe what eskers are their ap...,
Explain the formation of an esker,
Draw a diagram of an esker
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6. Fluvioglacial processes - Erosion
Explain what proglacial lakes are...
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7. Periglacial Processes - Intro
Periglacial areas are those which...
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7. Periglacial Processes - Permafrost
Briefly explain permafrost,
There are three kinds of permafro...,
There are three kinds of permafro...
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7. Periglacial Processes - Periglacial Processes & their landforms
Exlain freeze thaw action frost s...,
Explain nivation,
Explain solifluction
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8. Issues in Cold Environments - Tundra Case Study - Yamal Peninsula - The Nenets
Give an introduction to the case ...,
Explain oil and gas extraction in...,
Explain decling price of venison ...
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8. Issues in Cold Environments - Antarctica Case Study
Give some background information ...,
Explain why the antarctic has a f...,
Antarctica has lots of valuable r...
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