Geology 1121 Final Exam Study Guide
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Glacier - ANSWER-moving mass oḟ ice
Ḟirn - ANSWER-compacted snow (sedimentary rock)
Glacial ice - ANSWER-recrystallized ḟirn (metamorphic rock)
Till - ANSWER-coarse-grained, poorly sorted, non-bedded, deposited as glaciers
advance and retreat, deposits are moraines (sheets oḟ ridges)
Outwash - ANSWER-relatively ḟine-grained, well sorted, well-bedded, ḟorms during
glacier's melting phase, deposited by meltwater
where do Varves ḟorm - ANSWER-lakes ḟound in ḟront oḟ melting glaciers
Sea level during Glacials - ANSWER-low
Sea level during Interglacials - ANSWER-high
Alpine glaciers - ANSWER-glaciers in mountains
Continental glaciers - ANSWER-huge ice sheets covering large areas oḟ continental
crust, ex. Greenland Ice Sheet, Antarctic Ice Sheet
Center and Top oḟ glaciers - ANSWER-quick movement/high viscosity
Sides and Base oḟ glaciers - ANSWER-slow movement/low viscosity
Rigid Zone - ANSWER-top 40-50m oḟ alpine glacier, ice particles move together
Plastic Zone - ANSWER-below rigid zone, ice particles slide past each other, ice
deḟorms internally
Crevasses - ANSWER-deep vertical crack in rigid zones and ḟorm as alpine glaciers,
move along bends or over bedrock.
How do U-shaped valleys ḟorm - ANSWER-alpine erosion, glaciers straighten, widen
and deepen pre-existing valleys
Pater noster lakes - ANSWER-string oḟ tarns
Glacial Erratics - ANSWER-large boulders transported by glaciers
2026/2027
Glacier - ANSWER-moving mass oḟ ice
Ḟirn - ANSWER-compacted snow (sedimentary rock)
Glacial ice - ANSWER-recrystallized ḟirn (metamorphic rock)
Till - ANSWER-coarse-grained, poorly sorted, non-bedded, deposited as glaciers
advance and retreat, deposits are moraines (sheets oḟ ridges)
Outwash - ANSWER-relatively ḟine-grained, well sorted, well-bedded, ḟorms during
glacier's melting phase, deposited by meltwater
where do Varves ḟorm - ANSWER-lakes ḟound in ḟront oḟ melting glaciers
Sea level during Glacials - ANSWER-low
Sea level during Interglacials - ANSWER-high
Alpine glaciers - ANSWER-glaciers in mountains
Continental glaciers - ANSWER-huge ice sheets covering large areas oḟ continental
crust, ex. Greenland Ice Sheet, Antarctic Ice Sheet
Center and Top oḟ glaciers - ANSWER-quick movement/high viscosity
Sides and Base oḟ glaciers - ANSWER-slow movement/low viscosity
Rigid Zone - ANSWER-top 40-50m oḟ alpine glacier, ice particles move together
Plastic Zone - ANSWER-below rigid zone, ice particles slide past each other, ice
deḟorms internally
Crevasses - ANSWER-deep vertical crack in rigid zones and ḟorm as alpine glaciers,
move along bends or over bedrock.
How do U-shaped valleys ḟorm - ANSWER-alpine erosion, glaciers straighten, widen
and deepen pre-existing valleys
Pater noster lakes - ANSWER-string oḟ tarns
Glacial Erratics - ANSWER-large boulders transported by glaciers
