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Glaciers Hydrology Daren Blanck, MS. Glacier: a Flowing Stream of Ice Mountain Continental (Ice Sheets)

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1 Glaciers Hydrology Daren Blanck, MS

2 Glacier: a Flowing Stream of Ice Mountain Continental (Ice Sheets)

3 Snowfall vs Melting Zone of Accumulation Snowfall Exceeds Melting & Sublimation (Ablation) Excess Snow Turns to Ice & Flows Out Zone of Melting (Ablation) Ablation Exceeds Snowfall Melting Excess Made up by Ice Flowing in Terminus of Glacier Snowfall & Inflow = Ablation

4 Anatomy of a Glacier

5 Flow Glaciers flow due to Gravity and Internal deformation

6 Crevasse Diagrams

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10 A Typical Glacial Advance and Retreat

11 As long as Accumulation = Ablation, the Glacier Front Remains Fixed

12 If Accumulation Exceeds Ablation, the Glacier Advances

13 If Ablation Exceeds Accumulation, the Glacier Retreats

14 Eventually, Material Trapped in the Ice Reaches the Terminus

15 A Typical Glacial Advance and Retreat

16 Results of Glaciation Abrasion Polish Striations Chatter Marks Crescentic Gouges Bedrock Scour

17 Results of Glaciation Deposition Till/Morraine Erratics Outwash

18 Animations < Glacial Ice Formation Glacial Erosion >

19 Mountain Glacier Landforms

20 Continental Glacier Landforms

21 1) Nebraskan 2) Kansan 3) Illinoisian 4) Wisconsin North American Glaciation

22 Glacial Melt Cascade Glacier - Alaska

23 Glacial Melt Bolivia

24 Kilimanjaro 1985-2002

25 Greenland Ice Cap

26 Antarctic Ice Cap

27 Antarctic Subglacial Lakes

28 Lake Vostok

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