Glacial systems and landforms : a virtual interactive experience /: a virtual interactive experience. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Ryan C. Bell.
• Other Names: Bell, Ryan C
• Contents: Glacial Systems and Landforms_9780857280619; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; HOW TO USE THIS BOOK: A NOTE TO THE STUDENT AND TEACHER; Google Earth Instructions; Step 1: Download Google Earth; Step 2: Learn to navigate; Step 3: Learn to search for locations; Step 4: Learn to change the elevation exaggeration; Step 5: Learn to use the ruler tool; 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 Review; Key terms; Concept review and critical thinking; Google Earth analysis; Instructions; 2 WHAT IS A GLACIER?; Definition; Mass Balance; Area of accumulation; Why is glacial ice blue? Area of ablationMass balance fluctuations; Chapter 2 Review; Key terms; Concept review and critical thinking; Google Earth analysis; Instructions; 3 TYPES AND LOCATIONS OF GLACIERS; Topographic Classifications; Alpine glaciers; Continental glaciers; Temperature Classifications; Warm glaciers; Cold glaciers; Polythermal glaciers; Chapter 3 Review; Key terms; Concept review and critical thinking; Google Earth analysis; Instructions; 4 HOW DO GLACIERS MOVE?; Mechanisms of Ice Flow; Internal deformation; Basal sliding; Bed deformation; Rates of Movement; Longitudinal movement; Transverse movement. Chapter 4 ReviewKey terms; Concept review and critical thinking; Google Earth analysis; Instructions; 5 ICE STRUCTURES; Surface Ice Structures; Ogives; Crevasses; Subsurface Ice Structures; Layers of accumulation; Foliation, folding and faulting; Chapter 5 Review; Key terms; Concept review and critical thinking; Google Earth analysis; Instructions; 6 GLACIAL EROSION; Glacial Debris Entrainment; Supraglacial sources; Subglacial sources; Erosional Processes; Abrasion; Plucking; Basal meltwater; Chapter 6 Review; Key terms; Concept review and critical thinking; 7 LANDFORMS OF GLACIAL EROSION. Intermediate-Scale Features of Glacial ErosionRoches moutonnées; Whalebacks; Large-Scale Features of Glacial Erosion; Glacial troughs and fjords; Hanging valleys; Cirques, arêtes and horns; Chapter 7 Review; Key terms; Concept review and critical thinking; Google Earth analysis; Instructions; 8 GLACIAL DEPOSITION; Types of Glacial Deposition; Direct glacial deposition; Indirect glacial deposition; Chapter 8 Review; Key terms; Concept review and critical thinking; 9 LANDFORMS OF GLACIAL DEPOSITION; Landforms Created in an Ice-Marginal Position; Terminal and recessional moraines. Lateral and medial morainesLandforms Created in a Subglacial Position; Drumlins; Eskers; Ice Contact Features; Kames; Kettles; Chapter 9 Review; Key terms; Concept review and critical thinking; Google Earth analysis; Instructions; 10 ICE AGES AND INTERGLACIAL PERIODS; Natural Causes of Climate Change; Changes in solar output; Changes in the Earth's motions; Plate tectonics; Changes in atmospheric composition; How Do Scientists Study Climate Change?; Ice core analysis; Deep-sea cores; Pollen evidence; Atmospheric measurements; The Pleistocene Ice Age; Sea-level change; The Great Lakes.
• Publisher Details: New York : Anthem Press, an imprint of Wimbledon Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (xx, 115 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 551.31; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Hydrology; Glacial landforms; Glaciology; Glacial landforms; Glaciology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0857280899; 9780857280893
• Related ISBNs: 0857280910; 0857280619; 0857280902
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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