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Physical Geography- glaciers and technonics

This class was created by Brainscape user Susie Cabral. Visit their profile to learn more about the creator.

By: Susie Cabral
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Decks in this class (23)

climare change and glaciation
Greenhouse conditions 1,
Ice house conditions 2,
The quanternary period 3
13  cards
milankovitch cycle
Eccecnticity cycle 1,
Obliquity cycle 2,
Axil precession 3
5  cards
solar output, volacanic eruptions
Solar output 1,
Volcanic eruptions 2,
Little ice age 3
5  cards
cryosphere and different ice masses
The cryosphere includes 1,
What does the cryosphere do 2,
The albedo effect 3
10  cards
glacier systems
Inputs 1,
Stores 2,
Flows 3
12  cards
glacial movement
Extesional flow 1,
Compressional flow 2,
Faster moving ice is found 3
17  cards
glacial erosions
Plucking quarrying 1,
Abration 2,
Crushing 3
5  cards
glacial erosion landforms
corries, Artete, pyramidal peak, glacial troughs, hanging valley, rouches mountonnees, crag and tail
7  cards
glacial deposition - processes
Ablasion 1,
Flow 2,
Lodgement 3
7  cards
glacial deposition - landforms
Lateral moraine 1,
Medial morraine 2,
Terminal moraine 3
6  cards
fluvioglacial processes
Fluvioglacial 1,
Stratification 2,
Sorting and grading 3
4  cards
fluvioglacial landforms
Eskers 1,
Kames 2,
Kame terraces 3
7  cards
periglacial processes
Solifluction 1,
Solufluction produces 2,
Freeze thaw weathering 3
7  cards
periglacial landforms not finished. p52
Ice wedges 1,
Patterned ground 2,
Frost heave 3
9  cards
values of glaciated landscapes
includes: vlaues of glaciers, how glaciers are used economically, cryosphere, tundra biodiversity
11  cards
threats and management of glaciated landscapes
0  cards
volcanos
Inner core 1,
Outer core 2,
Lower mantel 3
4  cards
tectonic plate theory
Oceanic continental 1,
Oceanic oceanic 2,
Deconstructive margine 3
9  cards
different types of earthquakes
Primary wave 1,
Secondary waves 2,
Blank 3
3  cards
secondary hazards of earthquakes p10 and 11
Soil liquifaction 1,
Landslides 2,
Tsunamis 3
3  cards
tectonic case studies
0  cards
1.4 Hazard/Disaster, vulnerability, resilience + hazard risk equation
What is a hazard 1,
What is a disaster 2,
What is resilience 3
8  cards
1.5 hazard profiles
What is a hazard profile 1,
Magnitude 2,
Speed of onset 3
7  cards

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