PPT-Did Humans Cause the Glacial Extinctions?

By Alex Bauman Do you think that humans are the sole reason for the extinctions Scientists Continue to Disagree Changes in habitat Hunting by humans Combination of both reasons Woolly Mammoths. Glacial Deposits, formed a Work Group on Glacial Tectonics(WGGT) in 1987. Dr. J. Aber served as the overall coordinatorfor North America. By 1993 Aber had compiled an extensivebibliography consisti The struggle for life on earth. Mass Extinction - Definition. A significant proportion of species become extinct (between 30% and 95%) . The extinctions operate across a wide range of environments and . Presented by Calvin Wight. http://. solarviews.com. /cap/earth/. chile.htm. Outline. Background. Controls on Glaciation. Climatic. Tectonic. Latitudinal. Glacial History of the Chilean Andes. Northern. The Sixth Mass Extinction. Essential Questions. What is extinction?. Which species have become extinct in modern times? . What are the characteristics of past mass extinctions? . How do modern extinction rates compare with natural (background) rates?. The sixth . m. ass . e. xtinction. Objectives. Define . extinction.. Give examples of (1) past mass extinctions (2) and recent species . extinctions.. Compare current extinction rates with background extinction . 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. Document Name: THE GLACIAL HIST. & DEV. OF MI Requestor’s ID: Author’s Name: Alice Wilson Document Comments: Jennifer Daniels - Manuscript by S.G. Bergquist [P. 6A At end of document] out of. Chs. . 9 and 11 . of the text . . .. Prehistoric Cultures. Tim Roufs’ section ©2009. Class Slides Set. . 17A. Early Hominins. . Introduction . to . Early Hominins. . Australopithecus . garhi. Jonathan M. . Lala. December 1, 2016. CE 394K.3 GIS in Water Resources. Introduction. Himalaya Region contains more glacial ice and perennial snow than any other region on earth outside the polar regions. Prairie School. Earth Science. Glaciers: Moving Ice. When you take a handful of snow and squeeze it, you are creating a product that is similar to that of glaciers. . Glacier: fast moving, large mass of ice. . What is extinction? . Extinctions occur when the last individual of a species dies out. . Functional Extinctions occur when individuals remain but the odds of sustainable reproduction are low. i.e. the species is effectively extinct even though individuals remain. . B. Landforms : an accumulation of till deposited by direct glacial action. Ground moraines are relatively level to gently rolling and are formed by the deposition of accumulated material beneath the Once . glacial ice exceeds a thickness of about 150 feet, the weight of the overlying ice causes . the . base of . the glacier . to become plastic and flow like a very viscous liquid. While the bottom ice responds as a plastic solid, the surface ice is very brittle. However, from the surface down to the top of the plastic portion of the glacier, the ice experiences a decrease in . GEO101. Spring 2023. Contents. Growth of glaciers in the Cenozoic Era. Glacial cycles. The astronomical theory for glacial cycles. Cenozoic Glaciers. Cenozoic era started cooling 50 million years ago..