GLACIATED LANDSCAPES Flashcards
(14 cards)
UNIT 1
GLACIERS AS A SYSTEM AND THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTS AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION
UNIT 1
CHANGES TO GLACIAL SYSTEM
VOLCANIC ERRUPTIONS IMPACTING GLACIAL SYSTEMS
LITTLE ICE AGE
LAKI ICELAND - TEMPERATURES CHANGED BY 3 DEGREES CELSIUS
UNIT 2
TYPES OF ICE MASSES AND GLACIER MOVMENT
UNIT 2
ICE SHEET
ICE CAP
ICE FIELD
VALLEY GLACIER
PIEDMONT GLACIER
CIRQUE GLACIER
ICE SHELF
GLACIAL SURGES
ANTARTIC ICE SHEET
VATNAJOKULL
PATAGONIAN
ALETSCH, SWISS ALPS
MALASPINA, ALASKA
STYGGEBREAN, NORWAY
LORSEN ICE SHELF
MULDROW GLACIER - ALASKA
UNIT 3
PROCESSES OF GLACIAL WEATHERING, EROSION AND THE CHARACTERISTICS AND THE FORMATION OF ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPES AND LANDFORMS
UNIT 3
SITE OF GLACIAL LANDSCAPES
CWM IDWAL AND NANT FFRANCON VALLEY, SNOWDONIA
UNIT 4
PROCESSES OF GLACIAL AND FLUVIOGLACIAL SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, DEPOSITION AND LANDFORMS
UNIT 4
ESKER AND KAME
KETTLE HOLES
DRUMLINS
TILL AND VARVES
PENTIR
CAERNARFON AND PENTIR
CONWY VALLEY
ABEROGWEN
UNIT 5
PERIGLACIAL LANDFORMS AND THE FORMATION OF ASSOCIATED FEATURES
UNIT 5
PINGOS
EXTREME THERMOKAUST AND MEGA SLUMPS
BLOCK FIELDS
SCREE SLOPES AND PROTALUS RAMPARTS AND PERIGLACIAL SLOPES
DRY VALLEYS
LOESS DEPOSITS
KADLEROSHILIK, ALASKA
BATAGAY CRATER, RUSSIA
GLYDER PLAETAU, GLYDER FAWR
CWM IDWAL AND NANT FFRANCON VALLEY
YORKSHIRE DALES
REGOINS OF EUROPE - UKRAINE
UNIT 6
GLACIAL PROCESSES AND HUMAN ACTIVITY
UNIT 6
GLOFS AND MANAGMENT
GLOFS NOT BEING MANAGED
CONSTRUCTION OF RESIVOIRS
EXTRACTION OF SAND AND GRAVEL
OIL EXTRACTION
BHUTAN - LAKE LOWERING
SIKKAM GLOF, INDIA 2023
ELAN VALLEY, WALES
WOODLANE, ELLESMERE, SHROPSHIRE
TRANS-ALASKAN PIPELINE
UNIT 7
VARIATIONS IN GLACIAL PROCESSES, LANDFORMAS AND LANDSCAPES OVER DIFFERENT TIMESCALES
UNIT 7
ROCKFALLS AND SCREE SLOPES
ROCKSLIDES
ALLUVIAL FANS
INFILLING OF RIBBON LAKES
MISFIT STREAM
NANT FFRANCON VALLEY
RANDA ROCKSLIDE
CWM IDWAL
NANT FFRANCON VALLEY
AFON OGWEN
