Chapter 16: Glaciers, Glaciation, and Permafrost Visit the Online Learning Centre at Chapter 16: Glaciers, Glaciation, and Permafrost Why is it Important to Understand Glaciers? Where Do We Find Glaciers? How Do Glaciers Form and Move? How Do Glaciers Erode? What Features are Produced by Glacial Erosion? What Features are Produced by Glacial Deposition? How Have Glaciers Affected Us in the Past? What Are Permafrost and Periglacial Environments?
Chapter 16: Glaciers, Glaciation, and Permafrost Visit the Online Learning Centre at Diagrammatic Cross-Section of an Ice Sheet Figure 16.3
Chapter 16: Glaciers, Glaciation, and Permafrost Visit the Online Learning Centre at Conversion of Snow to Glacier Ice Figure 16.4a
Chapter 16: Glaciers, Glaciation, and Permafrost Visit the Online Learning Centre at A Valley Glacier as it Would Appear at the End of a Melt Season Figure 16.6
Chapter 16: Glaciers, Glaciation, and Permafrost Visit the Online Learning Centre at Movement of a Valley Glacier Figure 16.8
Chapter 16: Glaciers, Glaciation, and Permafrost Visit the Online Learning Centre at Crevasses Along the Course of a Glacier Figure 16.9
Chapter 16: Glaciers, Glaciation, and Permafrost Visit the Online Learning Centre at Before, During, and After Glaciation Figure 16.14
Chapter 16: Glaciers, Glaciation, and Permafrost Visit the Online Learning Centre at Cutaway View of a Cirque Figure 16.20
Chapter 16: Glaciers, Glaciation, and Permafrost Visit the Online Learning Centre at Moraines Associated with Valley Glaciers Figure 16.25
Chapter 16: Glaciers, Glaciation, and Permafrost Visit the Online Learning Centre at Depositional Features in Front of a Receding Ice Sheet Figure 16.28
Chapter 16: Glaciers, Glaciation, and Permafrost Visit the Online Learning Centre at Concentration of Meteorites in a Narrow Zone of Ablation Box 16.4, Figure 1
Chapter 16: Glaciers, Glaciation, and Permafrost Visit the Online Learning Centre at Extent of Maximum Ice Coverage in North America During Quaternary Era Figure 16.33a
Chapter 16: Glaciers, Glaciation, and Permafrost Visit the Online Learning Centre at Amount of Uplift of the Crust in Eastern Canada over Past 6,000 Years Figure 16.33b
Chapter 16: Glaciers, Glaciation, and Permafrost Visit the Online Learning Centre at Glacial Lakes Forming Around Laurentide Ice Sheet as it Withdrew Figure 16.34
Chapter 16: Glaciers, Glaciation, and Permafrost Visit the Online Learning Centre at Distribution of Permafrost in North America Figure 16.37a
Chapter 16: Glaciers, Glaciation, and Permafrost Visit the Online Learning Centre at North-South Transect Across Permafrost Zone Figure 16.37b
Chapter 16: Glaciers, Glaciation, and Permafrost Visit the Online Learning Centre at Building Designed to Prevent Melting of Permafrost Box 16.6, Figure 11
Chapter 16: Glaciers, Glaciation, and Permafrost Visit the Online Learning Centre at Answers to Selected Testing Your Knowledge Questions A B D D B B D B F D A B
Chapter 16: Glaciers, Glaciation, and Permafrost Visit the Online Learning Centre at Additional Resources Student Resources Student Online Learning Centre The robust Student Edition of the Online Learning Centre at features quizzes for study and review, interactive exercises and animation, as well as additional boxed readings, searchable glossary, “Virtual Vista” environments, suggestions for further reading, and much more! Laboratory Manual The Lab Manual to accompany Physical Geology and the Environment has been created as a resource for laboratory sessions in physical geology, mirroring the "Inquiry-Based Approach" of the text. Structured on exercises and corresponding background concepts, the lab manual contains student-friendly worksheets, and has been perforated for easy lab use. Instructor Resources Instructor Online Learning Centre The OLC at includes a password-protected Web site for Instructors. The site offers downloadable supplements and access to PageOut, the McGraw-Hill Ryerson Web site development centre. Instructor’s Manual – The IM contains a chapter overview, list of changes per chapter, chapter learning objectives, further information on boxed features, short and long discussion/essay questions, and details on additional readings and resources outside the textbook. Test Bank – Contains a bank of multiple-choice and true/false questions per chapter. Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation – This presentation system offers visual presentations that may be edited and manipulated to fit a particular course format. They also contain selected solutions to the problem material. Transparencies A set of more than 200 transparencies tied to the text content are available for instructors.