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Introduction
What is the definition of accumul...,
What is ablation,
What are the inputs of a glacier
8
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Cold Environments
Where are polar regions located,
What is the climate like in polar...,
What is the vegetation like in th...
9
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Warm and Cold Based Glaciers
Where do you find warm based glac...,
What is the climate of warm based...,
What are the features of a warm b...
12
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Glacial processes: Erosion
What is plucking,
What is abrasion
2
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Glacier processes: weathering
What is freeze thaw weathering,
What is nivation,
How do nivation hollows form
3
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Glacial processes: Ice Movement
What is internal deformation,
What is compressional flow,
What is the process of rotational...
4
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Glacial Process: Periglacial
What is the active layer,
What is frost heave,
What is solifluction
3
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Geomorphological erosional landscapes and landforms
How do corries form,
How do arretes form,
How do glacial troughs form
5
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Geomorphological depositional landscapes and landforms
How do till plains form,
What is an erratic,
What is moraines
4
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Fluvioglacial landscapes and landforms
What are melt water channels,
How do kames form,
What are eskers
4
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Periglacial landscapes and landforms
How is patterned ground formed,
How are ice wedges formed,
How do open pingos form
7
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Environmental Fragility
What is environmental fragility,
How does highly adapted ecosystem...,
How does the slow nutrient cycle ...
4
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