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Edward J. Tarbuck & Frederick K. Lutgens Earth Science, 10e Edward J. Tarbuck & Frederick K. Lutgens

Glaciers, Deserts, and Wind Chapter 5 Earth Science, 10e Stan Hatfield and Ken Pinzke Southwestern Illinois College

Glaciers: a part of two basic cycles in the Earth system Glaciers are a part of both the hydrologic cycle and rock cycle Glacier - a thick mass of ice that forms over land from the compaction and recrystallization of snow and shows evidence of past or present flow

Glaciers: a part of two basic cycles in the Earth system Types of glaciers Valley, or alpine glaciers – form in mountainous areas Ice sheets, or continental glaciers Large scale e.g., Over Greenland and Antarctica Other types Ice caps and piedmont glaciers

Currently continental ice sheets cover Greenland and Antarctica

Glaciers: a part of two basic cycles in the Earth system Movement of glacial ice Types of glacial movements Plastic flow Slipping along the ground Zone of fracture Uppermost 50 meters Crevasses form in brittle ice

Glaciers move by basal sliding and internal plastic flow

Glaciers: a part of two basic cycles in the Earth system Movement of glacial ice Zone of accumulation – the area where a glacier forms Zone of wastage – the area where there is a net loss due to melting

The glacial budget

Glaciers: a part of two basic cycles in the Earth system Glaciers erode by Plucking – lifting of rock blocks Abrasion Rock flour (pulverized rock) Striations (grooves in the bedrock)

Glaciers: a part of two basic cycles in the Earth system Landforms created by glacial erosion Glacial trough Hanging valley Cirque Arête Horn Fiord

Erosional landforms created by alpine glaciers

The Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps

Glaciers: a part of two basic cycles in the Earth system Glacial deposits Glacial drift All sediments of glacial origin Types of glacial drift Till – material that is deposited directly by ice Stratified drift - sediment deposited by meltwater

Glacial till is typically unstratified and unsorted

Close-up view of the boulder in the previous slide

Glaciers: a part of two basic cycles in the Earth system Glacial deposits Depositional features Moraines – layers or ridges of till Types of moraines Lateral Medial End Ground

Glaciers: a part of two basic cycles in the Earth system Glacial deposits Depositional features Outwash plain, or valley train Kettles Drumlins Eskers Kames

Glacial depositional features

A drumlin in upstate New York

Kettle lakes

Glaciers: a part of two basic cycles in the Earth system Glaciers of the past Ice Age Began 2 to 3 million years ago Division of geological time is called the Pleistocene epoch Ice covered 30% of Earth's land area

Maximum extent of ice during the Ice Age

Glaciers: a part of two basic cycles in the Earth system Glaciers of the past Indirect effects of Ice Age glaciers Migration of animals and plants Rebounding upward of the crust Worldwide change in sea level Climatic changes

Glaciers: a part of two basic cycles in the Earth system Causes of glaciation Successful theory must account for Cooling of Earth, as well as Short-term climatic changes Proposed possible causes Plate tectonics Continents were arranged differently Changes in oceanic circulation

Glaciers: a part of two basic cycles in the Earth system Causes of glaciation Proposed possible causes Variations in Earth's orbit Milankovitch hypothesis Shape (eccentricity) of Earth's orbit varies Angle of Earth's axis (obliquity) changes Axis wobbles (precession) Changes in climate over the past several hundred thousand years are closely associated with variations in Earth's orbit

Deserts Geologic processes in arid climates Weathering Not as effective as in humid regions Mechanical weathering forms unaltered rock and mineral fragments Some chemical weathering does occur Clay forms Thin soil forms

Deserts Geologic processes in arid climates Role of water in arid climates Streams are dry most of the time Desert streams are said to be ephemeral Flow only during periods of rainfall Different names are used for desert streams including wash, arroyo, wadi, donga, and nullah

Deserts Geologic processes in arid climates Role of water in arid climates Desert rainfall Rain often occurs as heavy showers Causes flash floods Poorly integrated drainage Most erosional work in a desert is done by running water

A dry stream channel in the desert

The same stream channel following heavy rainfall

Deserts Basin and Range: the evolution of a desert landscape Uplifted crustal blocks Interior drainage into basins produces Alluvial fans and bajadas Playas and playa lakes

Deserts Basin and Range: the evolution of a desert landscape Erosion of mountain mass causes local relief to continually diminish Eventually mountains are reduced to a few large bedrock knobs called inselbergs projecting above a sediment filled basin

Landscape evolution in a mountainous desert – early stage

Landscape evolution in a mountainous desert – middle stage

Landscape evolution in a mountainous desert – late stage

Inselbergs in southern California

Deserts Wind erosion Deflation Abrasion Lifting of loose material Produces Blowouts Desert pavement Abrasion

Formation of a desert blowout

Formation of desert pavement

Deserts Types of wind deposits Loess Deposits of windblown silt Extensive blanket deposits Primary sources are deserts and glacial stratified drift

Deserts Types of wind deposits Sand dunes Mounds and ridges of sand formed from the wind's bed load Characteristic features Slip face – the leeward slope of the dune Cross beds – sloping layers of sand in the dune

Formation of sand dunes

Deserts Types of wind deposits Sand dunes Types of sand dunes Barchan dunes Transverse dunes Longitudinal dunes Parabolic dunes Star dunes

Sand dune types

Sand dunes in the western United States

End of Chapter 5