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Glaciers
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Essential Points Glaciers are flowing streams of ice Glaciers have a zone of accumulation where snowfall exceeds losses (ablation) Accumulation can be due to high altitude (mountain glaciers) or cold climate (continental glaciers) Glaciers have a zone of ablation where losses exceed snowfall Glaciers are governed by a balance of snowfall, ice flow, and ablation Glaciers retreat by melting back, not by retracting Glaciers produce distinctive landforms and small scale features
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Snowfall vs Melting & Evaporation (Ablation) Zone of Accumulation Mountain Continental (Greenland, Antarctica Zone of Melting or Ablation Terminus of Glacier Ablation = Accumulation+ Flow
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Small Glacier, Antarctica
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Anatomy of a Glacier
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A Typical Glacial Advance and Retreat
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Mountain Glacier Landforms
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Glacial Valley, Yosemite, California
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Cirque, Oregon
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Cirques, Colorado
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The Mother of All Cirques, Mount Everest
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Glaciated Landscape, Sierra Nevada
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What it May Have Looked Like
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Glacier, Antarctica
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Moraines, Colorado
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Moraine, Washington
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Glacier and Moraines, Peru
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Continental Glacier Landforms
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Greenland Ice Cap
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Antarctic Ice Cap
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Continental Glacier, Antarctica
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Glacial Deposits, Ontario
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Dropstone, Ontario
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Erratic, Washington
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Kettles, Madison, Wisconsin
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Roche Moutonnee, Wisconsin
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Crescentic Gouges, Wisconsin
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Chatter Marks, Wisconsin
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Drumlins, Wisconsin
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Buried Log, Wisconsin
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Till and Outwash, Wisconsin
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Sculpted Bedrock, Ontario
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Antarctic Subglacial Lakes
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Lake Vostok
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Essential Points Glaciers are flowing streams of ice Glaciers have a zone of accumulation where snowfall exceeds losses (ablation) Accumulation can be due to high altitude (mountain glaciers) or cold climate (continental glaciers) Glaciers have a zone of ablation where losses exceed snowfall Glaciers are governed by a balance of snowfall, ice flow, and ablation Glaciers retreat by melting back, not by retracting Glaciers produce distinctive landforms and small scale features
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