GSCI 100 - Intro Geology

The Challenge: Identify ten (10) glacial landforms in Google Earth from the following list:

• an alpine glacier
• a piedmont glacier
• a medial moraine
• a lateral moraine
• an end moraine
• a horn
• an arete
• a cirque
• a tarn
• a roche moutonee
• a drumlin
• an esker
• a kettle lake
• a hanging valley
• a U-shaped valley
• a fjord
• a pitted outwash plain
• a braided river that drains meltwater from an active glacier

For each of the landforms that you identify, create a placemark (make sure the thumbtack points directly to the feature in question) and include a brief description (in the Description box) of how the feature is formed, including whether it is a result of erosion or deposition in an Alpine or Continental glacial setting. To receive credit you must e-mail me these ten placemarks in a single folder entitled “[insert Your Name]’s GeoChallenge #20 Placemarks”. Try to include features from no less than 5 different continents.

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