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Wind and glaciers

Wind and glaciers. Part 2. Wind. Wind erosion and transport. Wind cant carry particles as large as those transported by water Ability of wind to erode materials is less than that of other agents (i.e. water and ice)

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Wind and glaciers

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  1. Wind and glaciers Part 2

  2. Wind

  3. Wind erosion and transport • Wind cant carry particles as large as those transported by water • Ability of wind to erode materials is less than that of other agents (i.e. water and ice) • Suspension: method of transport by which strong winds cause particles to stay airborne for long distances • Saltation: causes bouncing motion (sand transport)

  4. Wind erosion and transport • Occur where there is little precipitation and vegetative cover (like deserts) • Deflation: surface of land lowers from the wind’s removal of surface particles • Can be major problem in the agricultural areas • abrasion (process of erosion): particles rub against the surface of rocks or other materials • Wind abrasion very effective agent of erosion • Ventifacts: rocks shaped by wind-blown sediments

  5. Wind deposition • Occurs in areas where there are changes in wind velocity • Dunes: form over time where sand particles accumulate due to some object (rock landform or piece of vegetation) blocking its forward movement • Certain conditions determine a dunes shape: • Availability of sand • Wind velocity- determines height • Wind direction • Amount of vegetation present

  6. Types of dunes • Barchans: solitary, crescent-shaped, form in flat areas with little sand or vegetation • Transverse: formed with plenty of sand, little vegetation, and strong winds • Parabolic: U-shaped, form between clumps of plants • Longitudinal: limited sand available, strong winds, parallel to wind direction

  7. Loess • Def: thick, wind blown silt deposits (another material wind also carries in great quantities and long distances) • Loess deposits located Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Idaho. • With adequate precipitation, loess soils are some of the most fertile on Earth due to their abundance in minerals and nutrients

  8. glaciers Large moving mass of ice

  9. Moving Masses of ice • Form near Earth’s poles and mountainous areas at high elevations • 10% of Earth’s surface • Valley Glaciers: glaciers form in valleys in high, mountainous areas; • Continental Glacier: glaciers that cover broad, continent-sized areas; thickest at its center and much larger than valley glaciers

  10. Valley Glacier Continental Glacier

  11. Glacial erosion • Most powerful erosional agent due to size, weight, and density. • Create U-shaped valleys (valley glaciers) and also scoop out deep depressions known as cirques Switzerland’s Matterhorn: formed where there were glaciers on three or more sides of this moutaintop and this peak formed. (known as a horn)

  12. Glacial deposition • Outwash: sediment from glaciers deposited from the melting glacier (meltwater) • Outwash plain: where the meltwater streams flow and deposit the outwash • Eskers: long, winding ridges of layered sediments that are deposited by streams flowing under a melting glacier • Kettle Lake: when ice block breaks off and covered by sediment, later ice block melts, leaving deep depression that then fills with precipitation forming the lake

  13. Kettle Lake

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