Glaciated Landscapes Physical Geography

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Decks in this class (13)

TAPS research file
Alternative name of taps 1,
Length of taps 2,
Taps route 3
115  cards
What is where?
Macro scale landforms 1,
Meso scale landforms 2,
Micro scale 3
15  cards
The global distribution of cold environments 1.2.4
What are masses of ice collective...,
What percentage of the worlds lan...,
What percentage of the worlds fre...
18  cards
Types of ice masses 1.2.4
What is the average thickness of ...,
What is the thickness of the thic...,
What are the temperatures in the ...
47  cards
Ice coverage in the quaternary period 1.2.4
When did the quaternary period st...,
At what point did the holocene be...,
Where did the pleistocene ice cov...
15  cards
The Glacial System 1.2.1
How many types of system are there 1,
What is an isolated system 2,
Give an example of an isolated sy...
26  cards
Causes of the changes to global ice coverage - Milankovitch cycles
What is eccentricity 1,
How long is one cycle of eccentri...,
What does eccentricity affect 3
16  cards
Equilibrium and feedback loops
What is equilibrium 1,
What is a steady state equilibrium 2,
What is a meta stable equilibrium 3
6  cards
Glacial macro-scale erosional landforms in the glacial trough - Glacial trough
What part of the glacial trough i...,
What part of the glacial trough i...,
In the cross section what shape d...
7  cards
Glacial macro-scale erosional landforms in the glacial trough - Hanging valley
A hanging valley is when a smalle...,
Hanging valleys often have what s...,
Where can hanging vallyes be found 3
6  cards
Glacial macro-scale erosional landforms in the glacial trough - truncated spurs
What do truncated spurs look like 1,
Give an example of truncated spurs 2,
How are interlocking spurs formed 3
4  cards
Glacial macro-scale erosional landforms in the glacial trough - Ribbon lake/fjord
What part of the u shaped valley ...,
Where are ribbon lakes fjords com...,
How are the ribbon lakes in the l...
11  cards
How do glaciers move? 1.2.3
What is glacier movement primaril...,
What are the three main types of ...,
What is the slower of the three t...
14  cards

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