Lecture Notes for Nov 4, 2008

Geography 104 with Faulkner/jol/running at University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire

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Rand McNally Goode's World Atlas 21st Edition
Created: 2008-11-04
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Illinoinian
(1 answer)

Pre-Illinoinian

Loess
(6 answers)

wind-deposited
silt
covers existing landscape
excellent cohesion
forms parent materials-soils
thus we can farm in this region

terminal
(1 answer)

at the end of the glacier

Glacial Deposition
(4 answers)

till or morain
Drift
glaciofluvial
glacial debris/deposits

Drift
(2 answers)

deposited directly or indirectly by a glacier
driftless area/region

erratic
(2 answers)

part of the deposits of glaciers
rock carried a distance from where the glacier travelled

flutes
(1 answer)

shallow

glaciofluvial
(2 answers)

melt water with ice when deposited
usually sorted

till/morain
(2 answers)

lateral, medial, terminal, recessional, ground, hummocky
supra, en, sub

Glacial Stages
(2 answers)

Wisconsinan
Illinoinian

till or morain
(2 answers)

contact with ice when deposited
usually unsorted

supra-glacial
(1 answer)

carried on top of the glacier

kettle holes
(1 answer)

ice blocks left behind in outwash plains that melt and from lakes

eskers
(1 answer)

subglacial streams

glacial debris/deposits
(3 answers)

supra-glacial
en-glacial
sub-glacial

Glacial Deposition
(5 answers)

till/morain
glaciofluvial, outwash
erratic
flutes, drumlins, eskers, kettle holdes
video overview I

Glaciofluvial Deposits
(8 answers)

wide range of deposits
wide range of sediment sizes
outwash plain
flutes
drumlins
eskers
video overview II
kettle holes

Wisconsinan
(1 answer)

Sangamonian

transportation
(4 answers)

gravity
wind
water
ice

Pleistocene Ice Age Epoch
(3 answers)

cycles of glaciation and deglaciation
4 major glaciations during last 1.6-1.8 million years ago-Pleistocene
interrupted by warmer periods

interrupted by warmer periods
(1 answer)

interglacials (like now)

sub-glacial
(1 answer)

carried below the glacier

en-glacial
(1 answer)

carried within the glacier

ground
(1 answer)

deposited underneath the glacier

recessional
(1 answer)

when glacier recedes back and deposits more sediments

Cycle of Gradation
(3 answers)

erosion (degradation)
transportation
deposit (aggradation)

drumlins
(1 answer)

formed of sediments inside/tear shaped drop

medial
(1 answer)

when laterals come together on the glacier

Ice Contact Deposits
(3 answers)

moraines
till
erratic

lateral
(1 answer)

on the side of the glacier

moraines
(5 answers)

lateral
medial
terminal
recessional
ground

About this deck

By: Dallas Platt
Textbook:

Discovering Physical Geography

Rand McNally Goode's World Atlas 21st Edition
Created: 2008-11-04
Size: 31 flashcards
Views: 1

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