Key defenitions p2 Flashcards by Megan Price

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What is a system?

A

Set of interrelated objects that are connected together to form a working unit

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What is an arete?

A

Two corries backing onto each other

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What does eustatic mean?

A

Global change of sea levels

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What is an inter glacial?

A

Warm periods

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What is oxidation?

A

Oxygen mixes with minerals within rocks

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What is solifulction?

A

Frost heave on a slope

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What is a glacial landscape?

A

Contains snow and ice all year

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What is firn?

A

year old snow

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What is basal sliding?

A

Movement of warm based glaciers

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What is internal deformation?

A

How cold based glaciers move

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What is aspect?

A

Way something faces

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What is relief?

A

Shape of the land

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What is isostatic change?

A

when the height of land increases locally

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