SACRAMENTO STATE Geology 103 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Tim Horner Geology Department, CSU Sacramento Lecture #15: Glacial systems Reading assignments:
Sedimentologi Kamal Roslan Mohamed GLACIAL ENVIRONMENTS Glaciers are important agents of erosion of bedrock and mechanisms of transport of detritus in mountain regions.
Ice-cored Moraines. Schematic of ice-core melt. Results in multiple ... Example of melting ice-cored moraine. Marginal aprons. High relief High winds ...
Thousands of people killed annually world-wide ... Photos: BBC News ... (trench drainage of toe of active , Scotland) Mitigation (debris torrent chute in Alps) ...
Holistic assessment of glacial sediment/landform associations across scales. WHAT IS THE GLACIAL ... Aeolian reworking ventifacts and removal of fines ...
Glaciers and ice sheets form where precipitation rates, in the form of snow ... by active deposition under the ice (relatively compact and usually fractured) ...
EOLIAN SYSTEMS I. Wind Patterns and Arid Regions A. Atmospheric circulation 1. The non-tilted Earth model i. Two-cell convection model ii. Winds and the Coriolis effect