Unit 5: Gradational Processes Ms. Thind. BUCHER GLACIER IN SOUTHERN ALASKA BALTORO GLACIER IN PAKISTAN.

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Unit 5: Gradational Processes Ms. Thind

BUCHER GLACIER IN SOUTHERN ALASKA BALTORO GLACIER IN PAKISTAN

 Follow river valleys as they move from mountains into lowland areas.  Small tributary glaciers move down small river valleys and join together with other tributary glaciers to create a main river of ice.  Moving force behind glacial advance is gravity.

 Glaciers advance when accumulation of snow and ice is greater than ablation.  Sides and bottom layers of ice move the slowest as these are the regions where ice is directly in contact with the ground.  Top and middle sections moved the fastest and this is evidenced by the glacial snout.

GREENLAND LAKE BONNEY IN ANTARCTICA

 When valley glaciers no longer confine to river valleys and spread out to create large ice sheets known as continental glaciers.  Cover flat, lowland regions

 Move very slowly and advance as a result of valley glaciers advancing and pushing the sheet forward.  Leave behind scoured bedrock and hilly deposits of debris.  When glaciers retreat they can leave behind rich deposits of soil and many lakes.

1. Plucking: meltwater enters cracks in rock surfaces and refreezes  rocks attach to ice  glacier moves and rocks attached are ripped away and carried off. 2. Abrasion: rock and debris are attached to the glacial ice. As the glacier moves, debris load gouges, scrapes and polishes rock surfaces. Continuous abrasion may create fine, powdery rock material called rock flour.

As glaciers slowly move along surfaces they pick up rock and rock debris and deposit material as they retreat or melt. Drift: any material deposited by a glacier

 refers to deposits left behind when glacial ice melts. Sand, gravel, and boulders may be mixed with fine rock flour.

 refers to deposits left behind by running glacial meltwater.  Heaviest materials are deposited first.