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CONTINENTAL ICE SHEET - GREENLAND ALPINE ICE- VALLEY GLACIER(S)

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2 CONTINENTAL ICE SHEET - GREENLAND

3 ALPINE ICE- VALLEY GLACIER(S)

4 GLACIER BAY, ALASKA

5 ALL GLACIERS HAVE TWO ZONES ACCUMULATION = + MASS ABLATION = - MASS

6 “Firn Line” = Equilibrium Line Italian alps Dinwoody Glacier. Wind River Range, Wyoming.

7 GAME OF MASS BALANCE SNOW IN vs WATER/ICE OUT

8 IDEALIZED MOTION- CROSS SECTION

9  = strain rate A = constant related to ice temperature  = basal shear stress (?) n = exponent with an average value of 3 GLEN’S FLOW LAW  gh sin 

10 TEMPERATURE MATTERS Does cold or warm ice strain more rapidly?

11 STRESS-STRAIN RESPONSE (WATER) (DEBRIS FLOW)

12 MASS FLUX - BIRD’S EYE VIEW

13 VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION - BIRD’S EYE

14 VELOCITY IN SECTION VIEW WHAT’S GOING ON AT THE BED????

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16 WHAT IS THE TEMPERATU RE AT THE BASE OF THE ICE? - GEOTHERMA L -FRICTION -AMBIENT AIR

17 WARM BASED ICE sliding along bed

18 FOX GLACIER, New Zealand

19 COLD-BASED ICE frozen to bed

20 DRY VALLEY AREA-- ANTARTICA

21 COMPARE, WARM VS COLD

22 U IMPLICATIONS FOR EROSION INTENSITY CLASSIC U- SHAPED VALLEY EROSION REQUIRES WARM BASED ICE, WHY?

23 PLUCKING ….

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25 PLUCKING IN ACTION

26 ABRASION -STRIATIONS AND POLISH

27 ABRASION TAKES TOOLS

28 “THE DIRT MACHIN E” GLACIERS AS A CONVEYOR BELT FOR ROCK DEBRIS

29 WHERE DOES ERODED MATERIAL GO? MORAINE FORMATION INDICATES A STILL STAND

30 MORAINES LATERAL TERMINAL

31 Frans Joseph Glacier - Tom Lowell

32 MASSIVE COASTAL MORAINES

33 MORAINES ARE SCARCE IN INTERIOR NEW ENGLAND -- IMPLIES RAPID, DYNAMIC ICE MARGIN RETREAT (KOTEFF AND PESSL)

34 OUTWASH PLAINS FROM WATER CARRIED DEBRIS

35 PRESENT DAY OUTWASH -- MT COOK

36 SEDIMENT DELIVERY TO ICE MARGINAL LAKES

37 LAKE SEDIMENTS

38 TASMAN GLACIER

39 TILL - NOT WELL WASHED BY WATER BASAL VS MELTOUT SIERRA NEVADA, ALPINE CENTRAL MASS, CONTINENTAL

40 ESKER

41 DRUMLIN - STREAMLINED FEATURE

42 KETTLED TERRAIN

43 KETTLE FORMING TODAY

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