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Chapter 13: Glacial Processes, Patterns and Associated Landforms

Chapter 13: Glacial Processes, Patterns and Associated Landforms. Glaciation Earth once covered with glaciers Last glaciation ended around 10,000 years ago. Chapter 13: Glacial Processes, Patterns and Associated Landforms. Glaciers Rivers of ice that move slowly

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Chapter 13: Glacial Processes, Patterns and Associated Landforms

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  1. Chapter 13: Glacial Processes, Patterns and Associated Landforms Glaciation • Earth once covered with glaciers • Last glaciation ended around 10,000 years ago

  2. Chapter 13: Glacial Processes, Patterns and Associated Landforms Glaciers • Rivers of ice that move slowly • Move downslope under the influence of gravity and the pressure of own weight • Form where rate of accumulation of snow and ice is greater than rate of melting • Largest reservoir of fresh water on Earth

  3. Chapter 13: Glacial Processes, Patterns and Associated Landforms Types of glaciers • Valley glaciers: form in mountainous locations and move down valleys • Continental ice sheets/glaciers: enormous areas of glacial ice and snow

  4. Chapter 13: Glacial Processes, Patterns and Associated Landforms Causes of an ice age • Change in the Earth’s orbit around the sun • Change in the angle of the Earth’s axis

  5. 2 processes of erosion

  6. Chapter 13: Glacial Processes, Patterns and Associated Landforms Processes of glacial erosion Glaciers erode the landscape they travel over in two ways: • Plucking • Abrasion

  7. Chapter 13: Glacial Processes, Patterns and Associated Landforms 1. Plucking • Bottom of glaciers scrape along valley floors – creates friction causing melting around the base of the glacier • Meltwater refreezes • Freezes around the rocks on the valley floor and these become part of the glacier • Glacier moves • Newly trapped rock is plucked out of the valley floor • New material is then used in process of abrasion

  8. Chapter 13: Glacial Processes, Patterns and Associated Landforms 2. Abrasion • bedrock beneath the glacier is eroded by the debris/material embedded in the sides and bottom of the glacier • ‘Sandpaper effect’ – scrapes the rock over which it is travelling and leaves scratches or grooves in the rock • Striations – show the direction of the ice flow

  9. Chapter 13: Glacial Processes, Patterns and Associated Landforms Factors affecting the rate of glacial erosion • Thickness of ice • Topography • Geology • Gradient • Accumulation and ablation

  10. Features of erosion

  11. Chapter 13: Glacial Processes, Patterns and Associated Landforms Landforms of glacial erosion (Features of erosion) • Cirque • Birthplace of a glacier • Three steep sides • Also called a corrie or coom • Arête • Narrow ridge • Formed when two cirques formed side-by-side or back-to-back

  12. Chapter 13: Glacial Processes, Patterns and Associated Landforms Landforms of glacial erosion (continued) 3. Pyramidal peak • Peak at top of mountain • three or more cirques are eroded back-to-back around the sides of a mountain…leaving a peak

  13. Chapter 13: Glacial Processes, Patterns and Associated Landforms Landforms of glacial erosion (continued) 4. U-shaped valley • Glacier moves through this valley, changing the shape from a V-shape to a U-shape • Valleys have steep sides and flat floors • Glacier cuts off interlocking spurs of the V-shaped valley leaving truncated spurs

  14. Chapter 13: Glacial Processes, Patterns and Associated Landforms Landforms of glacial erosion (continued) 5. Ribbon lakes • Long, narrow lakes found in glaciated U-shaped valleys • meltwater and rainwater accumulates forming a ribbon lake 6. Fjords • Drowned U-shaped valleys • Result of melting glaciers

  15. Features of erosion Ribbon lake Cirque/lake U-shaped valley Hanging valley Pyramidal peak Arete

  16. Features of deposition

  17. Chapter 13: Glacial Processes, Patterns and Associated Landforms Glacial deposition • Dropping or laying down of sediment that was once transported by a glacier • Occurs in lowland areas • Deposited material is called glacial drift • Material deposited directly by ice is called till or boulder clay • Material deposited by glacial meltwater is known as fluvio-glacial deposits

  18. Chapter 13: Glacial Processes, Patterns and Associated Landforms Examples of landforms of glacial deposition • Moraines • Drumlins • Erratics

  19. Chapter 13: Glacial Processes, Patterns and Associated Landforms Examples of landforms of fluvio-glacial deposition • Eskers • Outwash plains • Kames and kettleholes

  20. Chapter 13: Glacial Processes, Patterns and Associated Landforms Landforms of glacial deposition • Moraine • Deposited debris • Various sizes ranging from large boulders to fine rock flour • Material may be angular or rounded in shape

  21. Chapter 13: Glacial Processes, Patterns and Associated Landforms Five types of moraine • Lateral moraine • Medial moraine • End/terminal moraine • Ground moraine • Englacial moraine

  22. Chapter 13: Glacial Processes, Patterns and Associated Landforms Landforms of glacial deposition 2. Drumlins • Oval-shaped hills consisting of boulder clay • Show direction of glacier movement • Occur in swarms or cluster • ‘Basket of eggs’ topography • ‘Drowned drumlins’ – as the ice melted sea levels rose and the drumlins appear as islands in the sea

  23. Chapter 13: Glacial Processes, Patterns and Associated Landforms Landforms of glacial deposition 3. Erratics • Material transported by the glacier and are said to be ‘out of place’ when deposited • Esker – long winding ridges of stratified sand and gravel that wind its way across lowland areas

  24. Chapter 13: Glacial Processes, Patterns and Associated Landforms Landforms of glacial deposition 4. Outwash plains • Glaciers melt • Release vast amounts of water • Spreads outwards beyond the end/terminal moraine • Carries large volumes of rock and gravels and sands

  25. Chapter 13: Glacial Processes, Patterns and Associated Landforms Landforms of glacial deposition 5. Kames • Piles of sediment consisting of gravels and sand • Deposited along the front of a retreating glacier

  26. Chapter 13: Glacial Processes, Patterns and Associated Landforms Landforms of glacial deposition 6. Kettle holes • Blocks of ice separate from the main glacier • Buried partly in meltwater sediments • Blocks of ice melt leaving depressions or holes • Fill with water – form kettle hole lakes

  27. Glacial deposition

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