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Q: tombolo
Answer:
sediment deposits that connect an island to the shore
Q: glacial mass balance
Answer:
how much it is gaining compared to how much it is losing.
Q: internal flow
Answer:
water flowing through the glacier
Q: slippage
Answer:
glaciers sliding over rocks below
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Q: glacial erosion (abrasion & plucking)
Answer:
loosened rocks incorporated into the glacier
Q: glacial transport
Answer:
carries sediment as the glacier moves
Q: till
Answer:
poorly sorted, lots of particle sizes, deposited directly by or underneath a glacier
Q: outwash
Answer:
from glacial meltwater, well sorted
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Q: pleistocence glaciation
Answer:
most recent ice age, 30% of land ice covered. 1.8 million to 10,000
years ago. temperatures fluctuated 3-5*C from glacials to interglacials
18-20 advances and retreats by glaciers
Q: abraded rocks
Answer:
rocks that have been weathered by wind, glaciers, waves, gravity, running
water (erosion)
Q: moraines
Answer:
linear hills of glacial till and outwash