how do glaciers affect the land?
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How do Glaciers affect the land?. WED V17. What is a glacier?. A large, long-lasting mass of ice which forms on land and moves downslope because of gravity. What metaphors do we use for glaciers?. Glaciers are often referred to as a River of Ice or Bulldozer of Ice. How do glaciers form?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
How do Glaciers affect the land?WED V17
What is a glacier?
0A large, long-lasting mass of ice which forms on land and moves downslope because of gravity.
What metaphors do we use for glaciers?
0Glaciers are often referred to as a River of Ice or0Bulldozer of Ice
How do glaciers form?
http://library.thinkquest.org/3876/images/howgla.gif
How do glaciers form?
Glaciers form over many years in places where the snowfall in winter exceeds the snow melt in summer
Gravity pulls the ice down the hill
http://www.swisseduc.ch/glaciers/earth_icy_planet/icons-11/20.jpg
What are the two types of glaciers?
Alpine and Continental
Alpine Glaciers
0A.k.a. Valley Glaciers
0 form near mountain tops and slide down the valleys
0They can be hundreds of feet thick.
Tyndall Glacier, Alaska
Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland 115 sq miles
http://travelguide.all-about-switzerland.info/pictures-famous-swiss-glaciers.html
Continental Glaciers
Continental Glaciers
0 cover large areas (Antarctica, Canada)
0 can be 2 – 3 miles thick
0Weight of the ice depresses the ground
0When these glaciers melt the land ‘rebounds’
0Some areas depressed during the last ice age are still rising
http://www.prolitegear.com/prolitegear/images/large/antarctica_02_lg.jpg
http://exposedplanet.com/images/antarctica-group-sled-vinsonbc-camp1.jpg
http://exposedplanet.com/images/mountain-rangefrom-ph-antarctica.jpg
What are the Landscape Features of Glaciated Areas?
What are the landscape features left by Alpine or mountain
glaciers?0Till- direct deposit of glacier; unsorted sediment0Mountain shape: 0Rugged landscapes 0Jagged peaks
0U-shaped valley0Moraine- a mass of till
Rugged LandscapesJagged Peaks
Northeast-looking oblique aerial photograph showing the snow-covered summit accumulation area of Mount Fairweather, Fairweather Range,
Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska.
Materhorn
http://www.kuleuven.ac.be/geologie/geo-algemeen.html
West-looking photograph showing an angular arete ridge, composed of schist, on the upper Taku Glacier, Juneau Icefield, Tongass National
Forest, Coast Mountains, Alaska.
U-Shaped Valley
http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/brochures/1936/glac/images/fig13c.jpg
River Valley Glacial Valley
Moraine
0Mass of till (unsorted sediment) left by a glacier
http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/geologic_story_of_yosemite/images/62.jpg
The u-shaped valley to the right side of the photo is the ice-free valley of Talkeetna Glacier, Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska. Note cirque at the top of
the valley on the left.
Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland
http://travelguide.all-about-switzerland.info/pictures-famous-swiss-glaciers.html
Ground Moraine
Terminal Moraine
Mendenhall Glacier, Tongas National Park
What are the characteristics left by Continental Glaciers?0Valleys- u shaped
0Till - unsorted sediment0Kettle lakes0Scratches and grooves0Drumlins
Kettle Lake
http://www.scienceclarified.com/images/uesc_06_img0334.jpg
http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wlr/waterres/smlakes/LakeStewWeb25/GeoDrawing.JPG
Finger Lakes
0streams and lakes were modified by glaciers
0Retreating glaciers deposited recessional moraines that blocked the water flow and created deep lakes
0Examples0 Seneca lake: 40 miles long, 618 feet deep0 Cayuga: 40 miles long, 435 feet deep
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Fingerlakesmap.png
Striations (Scratches)
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://education.usgs.gov/schoolyard/IMAGES/GlacialStriations2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://education.usgs.gov/schoolyard/CoolGeologyActivity.html&h=297&w=447&sz=45&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=y1qmEFaxgJ64ZM:&tbnh=84&tbnw=127&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dglacial%2Bstriations%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den
Grooves
Polished Rock
http://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/nyc/images/fig21.jpg
Drumlin
http://oz.plymouth.edu/~sci_ed/Turski/Courses/Earth_Science/Images/4.drumlin.jpg
http://geoscape.nrcan.gc.ca/calgary/geotour/6_e.php
A SWARM OF DRUMLINS
http://www.drumlinarealandtrust.org/images/drumlins.jpg
IcebergsForm when chunks of ice ‘calve’ off the front of the glacier and land
in the water
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.atacamaphoto.com/antarctica/antarctica22.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.atacamaphoto.com/antarctica/antarctica22.htm&h=408&w=608&sz=101&hl=en&start=37&tbnid=raJxaBCeP2TyMM:&tbnh=91&tbnw=136&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dantarctica%26start%3D20%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
Iceberg in Antarctica
Floating Icebergs
A Zodiak is cruising along a glacier front, showing the tremendous size of the ice blocks
Giant Iceberg
Gentoo penguin family, Antarctica
What are the tell-tale signs that a glacier was in the area?0________________ valley0________________ sediment0________________ in bedrock
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