Glaciers

Boulder, boulder, big and round
Tell me something real profound

- Johnny Hart (B.C.)


Key words or concepts:
Ice Ages
Graciers differ from water processes
Two scales
alpine
continental
Erosion in high areas
quarrying (plucking)
abrasion, producing grooves and striations
avalanching
cirques
aretes
cols
U-shaped valleys
fjords (fiords)

Useful links:

Glacial Geology in Maine


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