PPT-Glaciers

January 21 2011 Glaciers act as agents of erosion and deposition to help to create unique landforms which you will study in this unit Glacier A large mass of ice resting on land or floating as an ice shelf in the sea adjacent to land. ?”. with Dr. Michael . Kaplan. Dr. Michael J Passow. Originally presented 25 Oct 2014. Glaciers. Two basic types:. Polar Ice Sheets—Antarctica and Greenland. Alpine/Mountain glaciers. Found today in all continents except Australia. Norway has:. Fjords. Glaciers. Rivers ,Streams and . Forests. Winter Olympics. F. jords. A . Fjord is a long narrow inlet of sea between two steep cliffs.. The coast of Norway has hundreds of rocky Fjords.. Ev-K2-CNR Scientific Conference. Karakoram Resources and Climate Change: Glacier, Water and Ecosystem. 10th September, 2013, National Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan. Dr. Muhammad Zia . ur. . Rahman. - jagged rock walls dividing . glaciers.. Hanging Valley-A valley above a valley, usually with a water fall.. Kettle Lakes-round, deep lakes carved by glaciers as they melt.. Drumlins-Egg shaped structures of glacial till. The skinny end shows direction of flow.. Katya . Hafich. Biological Science Initiative Science Squad 2012. University of Colorado at Boulder. What is a glacier?. A glacier is a large mass of ice that moves very slowly.. ://. geology.about.com. Deposition:. AIM:. Erosional and Depositional systems. Do Now: In your notebooks…. 1) Define the two terms below in your own words.. 2) Explain how the two terms work together.. The movement/transport of material from one place to another. Section 1: Glaciers – Moving Ice. Section 2: Glacial Erosion and Deposition. Section 3: Ice Ages. Section 1: Glaciers – Moving Ice. . N. atural . forces compact snow to make a large mass of moving ice called a . Do Now:. The material seen below was left behind by a retreating glacier. Describe the sediments seen in the picture. . . Tasman Glacial Moraine, New Zealand. Formed from the accumulation of ice and snow over thousands of years. . More winter snowfall than summer melt. Glacier formation is similar to sedimentary rock formation. Types of Glaciers. Valley glaciers or alpine glaciation. Ice sheets or continental glaciation. Glaciers of the world. Glacier – thick ice mass that forms over hundreds or thousands of years.. 15, 000 years ago > 30 % coverage - Today 10 % coverage. Valley Glaciers. Ice Sheets. Types of Glaciers. Valley Glaciers. Chapter 9 - Section 3, 4, 5, and 6. How Water Erodes. Most sediment washes or falls into a river as a result of mass movement and runoff. Other sediment erodes from the bottom or sides of the river. Streams carry sediment in several . Kelly Cronin, Beth . Stricker. , Richard . Kissel. , Rob Ross, Cassie Mundt. cronin@museumoftheearth.org. Paleontological Research Institution and its Museum of the Earth. Pic of current exhibit. A Visitor Survey. It originates on land from the accumulation, compaction, and . recrystallization. of snow. .. A glacier appears to be motionless, but glaciers move very slowly.. Glaciers are dynamic weathering . and erosional . 4-Seppanen . October 24. th. , 2017. Photo courtesy of Alaska.gov. How Glaciers are Formed. Glaciers are formed with snow that doesn’t melt. When snow builds up on itself the snow will build up weight and will compress and turn into ice..