Exam 9: Crustal Deformation

Boulders that are lithologically different than the local bedrock (like a loose Precambrian gneiss found sitting on top of bedded Paleozoic limestones) are called_________ .

Which of the following is often associated with a cirque basin in high, mountainous terrain?

What term describes open fissures in the brittle, surface ice of a glacier?

Where is the world's second largest continental ice sheet?

During ice- age times when glaciers are present, water is typically stored as glacial ice and removed from the hydrologic cycle for ______.

What type of moraine is formed by the merging of two lateral moraines at a junction of two valley glaciers?

All of the following descriptions apply to stratified drift (not till) except for___________ .

A(n) _________represents a former meltwater channel or tunnel on, in, or beneath glacial ice, that became filled with sand and gravel.

Who co- discovered Canada's first diamond mine in the Northwest Territories?

The_________ was the most recent Pleistocene glacial episode in North America.

The steep, triangular shaped cliffs that flank hanging valleys are called______________ .