Lecture Outlines Power Point Chapter 6 Earth Science
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Earth Science, 12 e Glaciers, Deserts, and Wind Chapter 6
Glaciers: a part of two basic cycles in the Earth system v. Glaciers are a part of both the hydrologic cycle and rock cycle v. Glacier – a thick mass of ice that forms over land from the compaction and recrystallization of snow and shows evidence of past or present flow
Glaciers: a part of two basic cycles in the Earth system v. Types of glaciers • Valley, or alpine glaciers – form in mountainous areas • Ice sheets, or continental glaciers • Large scale • e. g. , Over Greenland Antarctica • Other types • Ice caps and piedmont glaciers
Currently ice sheets cover Greenland Antarctica Figure 6. 2
Glaciers: a part of two basic cycles in the Earth system v. Movement of glacial ice • Types of glacial movements • Plastic flow • Slipping along the ground • Zone of fracture • Uppermost 50 meters • Crevasses form in brittle ice
Glaciers: a part of two basic cycles in the Earth system v. Movement of glacial ice • Zone of accumulation – the area where a glacier forms • Zone of wastage – the area where there is a net loss due to melting
The glacial budget Figure 6. 7
Glaciers: a part of two basic cycles in the Earth system v. Glaciers erode by • Plucking – lifting of rock blocks • Abrasion • Rock flour (pulverized rock) • Striations (grooves in the bedrock)
Glaciers: a part of two basic cycles in the Earth system v. Landforms created by glacial erosion • • • Glacial trough Hanging valley Cirque Arête Horn Fiord
Erosional landforms created by alpine glaciers Figure 6. 10 C
The Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps Figure 6. 12
Glaciers: a part of two basic cycles in the Earth system v. Glacial deposits • Glacial drift • All sediments of glacial origin • Types of glacial drift • Till – material that is deposited directly by ice • Stratified drift – sediment deposited by meltwater
Glacial till is typically unstratified and unsorted Figure 6. 13
Close-up view of the boulder in the previous slide
Glaciers: a part of two basic cycles in the Earth system v. Glacial deposits • Depositional features • Moraines – layers or ridges of till • Types of moraines • Lateral • Medial • End • Ground
Glaciers: a part of two basic cycles in the Earth system v. Glacial deposits • Depositional features • • • Outwash plain, or valley train Kettles Drumlins Eskers Kames
Glacial depositional features Figure 6. 18
Kettle lakes Figure 6. 18
Glaciers: a part of two basic cycles in the Earth system v. Glaciers of the past • Ice Age • Began 2 to 3 million years ago • Division of geological time is called the Pleistocene epoch • Ice covered 30% of Earth’s land area
Maximum extent of ice during the Ice Age Figure 6. 22
Glaciers: a part of two basic cycles in the Earth system v. Glaciers of the past • Indirect effects of Ice Age glaciers • • Migration of animals and plants Rebounding upward of the crust Worldwide change in sea level Climatic changes
Glaciers: a part of two basic cycles in the Earth system v. Causes of glaciation • Successful theory must account for • Cooling of Earth, as well as • Short-term climatic changes • Proposed possible causes • Plate tectonics • Continents were arranged differently • Changes in oceanic circulation
Glaciers: a part of two basic cycles in the Earth system v. Causes of glaciation • Proposed possible causes • Variations in Earth’s orbit • Milankovitch hypothesis • Shape (eccentricity) of Earth’s orbit varies • Angle of Earth’s axis (obliquity) changes • Axis wobbles (precession) • Changes in climate over the past several hundred thousand years are closely associated with variations in Earth’s orbit
Deserts v. Geologic processes in arid climates • Weathering • Not as effective as in humid regions • Mechanical weathering forms unaltered rock and mineral fragments • Some chemical weathering does occur • Clay forms • Thin soil forms
Deserts v. Geologic processes in arid climates • Role of water in arid climates • Streams are dry most of the time • Desert streams are said to be ephemeral • Flow only during periods of rainfall • Different names are used for desert streams including wash, arroyo, wadi, donga, and nullah
Deserts v. Geologic processes in arid climates • Role of water in arid climates • Desert rainfall • Rain often occurs as heavy showers • Causes flash floods • Poorly integrated drainage • Most erosional work in a desert is done by running water
A dry stream channel in the desert Figure 6. 28 A
The same stream channel following heavy rainfall Figure 6. 28 B
Deserts v. Basin and Range: the evolution of a desert landscape • Uplifted crustal blocks • Interior drainage into basins produces • Alluvial fans and bajadas • Playas and playa lakes
Deserts v. Basin and Range: the evolution of a desert landscape • Erosion of mountain mass causes local relief to continually diminish • Eventually mountains are reduced to a few large bedrock knobs called inselbergs projecting above a sediment-filled basin
Landscape evolution in a mountainous desert – early Figure 6. 29 A
Landscape evolution in a mountainous desert – middle Figure 6. 29 B
Landscape evolution in a mountainous desert – late Figure 6. 29 C
Deserts v. Wind erosion • Deflation • Lifting of loose material • Produces • Blowouts • Desert pavement • Abrasion
Formation of desert pavement Figure 6. 34
Deserts v. Types of wind deposits • Loess • Deposits of windblown silt • Extensive blanket deposits • Primary sources are deserts and glacial stratified drift
Deserts v. Types of wind deposits • Sand dunes • Mounds and ridges of sand formed from the wind’s bed load • Characteristic features • Slip face – the leeward slope of the dune • Cross beds – sloping layers of sand in the dune
Formation of sand dunes Figure 6. 37
Deserts v. Types of wind deposits • Sand dunes • Types of sand dunes • Barchan dunes • Transverse dunes • Longitudinal dunes • Parabolic dunes • Star dunes
Sand dune types Figure 6. 38
Sand dunes in the western United States
End of Chapter 6
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