Chapter 14 Glacial and Periglacial Landscapes Elemental Geosystems 5e Robert W. Christopherson Charles E. Thomsen

Rivers of Ice   Alpine Glaciers   Continental Glaciers  

Rivers of Ice Figure 14.1a

Rivers of Ice Figure 14.1b

Vatnajökull Ice Cap Figure 14.4

Patagonian Ice Field Figure 14.4

Glacial Processes Formation of Glacial Ice Glacial Mass Balance Glacial Movement Glacial surges   Glacial erosion

Retreating Alpine Glacier Figure 14.5

Mass Balance Figure 14.5

South Cascade Glacier Net Mass Balance Figure NR 14.1.1

Glacial Movement and Crevasses Figure 14.6

Crevasses Figure 14.6

Crevasses Figure 14.6

Glacial Polish Figure 14.7

Glacial Landforms Erosional Landforms Created by Alpine Glaciation Depositional Landforms Created by Alpine Glaciation   Erosional and Depositional Landforms Created by Continental Glaciation  

Alpine Glacial Landscape Figure 14.8

Postglacial Landscape Figure 14.8

Alpine Erosional Features Figure 14.9

Norwegian Fjord Figure 14.10

Alpine Depositional Features Figure 14.11

Alpine Depositional Features Figure 14.11

A Valley Train Deposit Figure 14.12

Continental Glacier Depositional Features Figure 14.13

Drumlin Swarm Figure 14.15

Roche Moutonnée Figure 14.14

Permafrost Distribution Figure 14.16

Ice Wedge Figure 14.18

Permafrost Melting Figure 14.21

Permafrost Structures Figure 14.22

Pleistocene Glaciation 18,000 years ago 9500 years ago Figure 14.24

Astronomical Factors Figure 14.27

Vostok Ice Core Record Present level at 480 ppm (2004) Figure 14.28

Greenland and Dome C Ice Cores Figure FS 14.1.1 Figure FS 14.1.3

Arctic and Antarctic Regions Figure 14.29

The Arctic and the Antarctic Regions Figure 14.29

Meltponds in Greenland Figure NR 14.3.1

Meltponds in Greenland Figure NR 14.3.2

Ward Hunt Ice Shelf Breakup Figure HLC 14.1.1

Elemental Geosystems 5e End of Chapter 14 Elemental Geosystems 5e Robert W. Christopherson Charles E. Thomsen