Earth Science discussion

Glacier Terms for Discussion Post

These are Key Terms from your textbook. Please choose 2 terms to use in your discussion post. One of the terms that you choose should start with a first letter close to the first letter of your last name. (This will give us some variety in what the class covers). The second term can be any of the others.

alpine glacier (also known as a "valley glacier")

arete

cirque

crevasse

drift (search "glacial drift")

drumlin

end moraine (also known as a "terminal moraine")

erratic (search "glacial erratic")

esker

fiord (also spelled "fjord")

ground moraine

hanging valley

horn

ice sheet (also known as a continental glacier. Do not confuse an ice sheet with an ice shelf or sea ice).

kame

kettle

lateral moraine

medial moraine

outwash plain

piedmont glacier

plucking (search "glacial plucking")

rock flour

stratified drift

striations (search "glacial striations")

till

trough (search "glacial trough"; also known as a U-shaped valley)

valley train

zone of accumulation

zone of wastage (also known as the zone of ablation)