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The Hydrologic Cycle 3: Glaciers. Glaciers contain 76% of all the Freshwater on Earth!

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1 The Hydrologic Cycle 3: Glaciers

2 Glaciers contain 76% of all the Freshwater on Earth!

3 Two Types of Glaciers: 1) Continental Ice Sheets

4 A) Antarctica Ice Shelf

5 B) Greenland

6 Antarctic Ice Sheet

7 Two Types of Glaciers: 2) Valley Glaciers

8 What are Glaciers? Highly compacted snow becomes glacial ice

9 Glaciers Move – Solid Ice Can Flow !

10 How do Glaciers Flow ? 1) Basal sliding

11 How do Glaciers Flow ? 2) Internal Plastic Flow

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14 The Glacial Budget

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16 Two Different Types of Glacial Landforms: 1) Erosional Before Glaciation Glaciation

17 Glacial Landscape

18 U – Shaped Valleys – near Sun Valley, Idaho

19 UD Geology Field Camp: West Chicago Creek U-Shaped Valley with Pater Noster Lakes

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21 Cirque - Bowl Shaped Depression Carved By a glacier Tarn – A small lake filling a Cirque.

22 Horns – Pyramid Shaped Mountains Aretes – Linear Mountain Ridges

23 Dr. Goldman in the Grand Tetons, August 2000

24 Yosemite Falls: A Hanging Valley

25 How do Glaciers Erode Bedrock? 1) Plucking Roche Moutonee

26 How do Glaciers Erode Bedrock? 2) Abrasion - Glacial Striations


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