Exam 9: Crustal Deformation

A _________cross- valley profile is typical of canyons and valleys eroded and deepened by alpine or valley glaciers.

All of the following are thought to possibly contribute to ice ages except for _________.

Who was the first scientist to hypothesize and promote the idea of a great Pleistocene Ice Age with extensive and far reaching effects?

What glacial landform is responsible for a large portion of the water resources for greater metropolitan Toronto?

A(n)____________ is a depositional feature composed primarily of till and usually associated with continental glaciation, not with alpine glaciers.

Which was not true during the height of last Ice Age?

________are erosional features produced by valley/alpine glaciers.

A moraine is primarily made of____________ .

A drumlin is usually made of_________ _.

A fjord is___________ .

When did Earth's climate deteriorate enough to start this current cycle of glaciations in Antarctica?

Which of the following is the correct listing of the classical North American glacial stages from oldest to youngest?

What was the maximum lowering of sea level during the last Ice Age?

Where would you likely find glaciers that could only move by plastic flow above the bed?

A_________ is a glacier- cut valley that was partly flooded as sea level rose.

An esker is made of ____________.

What physical property of H2O allows glaciers to flow, particularly by basal slip?

Compared to earlier or subsequent streams in the same valleys, alpine glaciers move but carry___________ sediment.

The great glaciation that affected the Southern Hemisphere supercontinent Pangaea (parts of Africa, South America, India, Australia, and Antarctica) occurred_________ .

An erratic is made of__________ .