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Kimmet Chap. 7

Prentice Hall 2006

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period of time when much of Earth's land is covered by glaciers ice age
thick mass of ice originating on land from the compaction and recrystallization of snow that shows evidence of part or present flow glacier
lowest elevation in a particular area that remains covered in snow all year snowline
glacier confined to a mountain valley, which in most instances had previously been a stream valley; also known as an alpine glacier valley glacier
layer of ice covering an extensive area of land, such as Antarctica or Greenland ice sheet
U-shaped valley formed by a glacier moving down a valley once occupied by a stream glacial trough
sediment of different sizes deposited directly by a glacier till
sediment laid down by glacial meltwater that contains particles sorted according to size and weigh stratified drift
ridge of unsorted sediment left by a glacier moraine
fan-shaped deposit of sediment formed when a stream's slope is abruptly reduced alluvial fan
flat area on the floor of an undrained desert basin that fills and becomes a lake after heavy rain playa lake
lifting and removal of loose material by wind deflation
layer of coarse pebbles and gravel created when wind removed the finer material desert pavement
deposits of windblown silt, lacking visible layers, generally light yellow, and capable of maintaining a nearly vertical cliff loess
hill or ridge of wind-deposited sand dune
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