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Glaciers and its types
1.
2. Contents
Glaciers
Glacial Theory
Important terms regarding Glaciers
Anatomy of Glaciers
Glacier Budget
Types of Glaciers
Erosional work of Glaciers
Depositional work of Glaciers
References
3. Glaciers
A thick ice mass that originates on land from the
accumulation, compaction, & recrystallization of snow.
Agents of erosion – acquire, transport and deposit
sediment
Occupy ~10% of land area
“Interrupts” hydrologic cycle by “locking up” water
Gravity and Slope are primary force of motion
Entire ice sheet moves 5 to 50 m/yr
Fastest movement within the center
Friction Slows down the sides
4. Glacial Theory
1. 1829 - Swiss engineer named J. Venetz first proposed that
glaciers had once been more extensive than at present. His
observations inspired Jean de Charpentier to begin a field study
of active glaciers.
2. 1837 - de Charpentier presented his results to the Swiss
naturalist, Louis Agassiz (considered to be the "Father of
Glaciation"), who developed the first comprehensive theory of
Glaciation.
5. Important Terms Regarding Glaciers
Ablation zone: The area of a glacier where mass is lost through
melting or evaporation at a greater rate than snow and ice
accumulate.
Accumulation zone: The area of a glacier where mass is
increased through snowfall at a greater rate than snow and ice
is lost through ablation.
Basal sliding: The sliding of a glacier over the ground on a layer
of water.
Firn: The granular ice formed by the recrystallization of snow;
also known as “Névé”.
Glacial surge: The rapid forward movement of a glacier.
Snow line: The elevation above which snow can form and remain
all year.
Terminus: The leading edge of a glacier; also known as the
glacier snout.
Till: A random mixture of finely crushed rock, sand, pebbles, and
boulders deposited by a glacier.
6. Glacial Trough: Glacier flown constantly widens its
rock channel, when the ice is finally swept away
because of melting a deep steeped walled feature
appears which is known as “Glacial Trough”
Fiord: When floor of a trough open to the sea lies
below the level sea level, the water enters as the ice
front retreats making a deep narrow “Estuary”
know as “Fiord”
Glaciation: The period during which the continental
ice sheet grows and spread outward over vast areas
is known as “Glaciation”
Shelves: Presences of great plates of floating
Glaciers is known as “Shelves”
9. Distribution of Glaciers in the World
(World Glacier Monitoring service, 1989)
Regions Area (km2)
Africa 10
Antarctica 13593310
Asia and Eastern Europe 185211
Australia ( New Zealand) 860
Europe ( western) 53967
Greenland 1726400
North America ( excluding Greenland) 276100
South America 25908
Total 15861766
10. Velocities of different Types of Glaciers
(Glaciers 2nd , p#92. by “Michael Hambrey & Jurg Allean)
Glacier Regions Centre line
velocity
(Meters /year)
Comments
Lambert glacier East
Antarctica
347 Part of largest glacier
drainage system in
Antarctica.
Amery ice shelf East
Antarctica
1200 As above
Jakobshavn
Isbrae
NW
Greenland
4700 (max
8360)
Fastest outlet glacier
from Greenland Ice
sheet
Columbia glacier Alaska 1500 Accelerated recording
of tide water glacier.
Fastest in the world
Grosser Swiss Alps 200 Fastest part of largest
glacier in the Alps
11. Firn
•It is ice that is at an intermediate stage b/w snow & glacial ice.
•Firn has the appearance of wet sugar.
12. Glacier Budget
In - Zone of accumulation
Snow accumulates and forms ice
Outer limit is the snowline
Out – Zone of wastage
ablation – general term for loss of ice or snow
from a glacier
1. Sublimation
2. Melting
3. Evaporation
14. Types of Glacier
1. Valley (Alpine)
Found in mountainous areas
Smaller than ice sheets
Lengths greater than widths
Only cover a small region
Transform V-shaped valleys into U -shaped
valleys
16. Types of Glacier
2. Ice sheets (Continental Glacier)
Large scale – cover 10% of Earth’s land
Found in polar regions
Greenland – 1.7 million km2
Antarctica – 1.4 million km2
18. Erosional work of Glaciers
Plucking – loosen and lift blocks of rock
Abrasion – sediment in ice acts as giant “sandpaper”
Abrasion polish surface of rock smooth. This geomorphic
feature is known as “Glacial Polish”.
Glacial melt water can have a light, cloudy appearance,
and is called “Glacial Milk”.
Creates Rock flour – very fine-grained material
Creates Striations – grooves scratched in bedrock
that indicate direction of ice movement
22. Cirque Arêtes
A scooped-out,
amphitheater shaped basin
at the head of an alpine
glacier.
A sharp saw tooth or
serrated ridge that divides
two cirque basins.
Knife-edge in French
34. Depositional work of Glaciers
Sediments deposited by Glacial melted water that
are sorted by size “Stratified Drift”.
The technical term used to describe material
deposited by the ice is called “Till” or “Moraine”.
Till is a heterogeneous combination of un-stratified sediments
ranging in size from large boulders to minute particles of clay
When till is deposited along the edge of a glacier it tends to form
irregular hills and mounds known as “Moraines”.
35. Depositional Work of Glaciers
Terminal Moraine
Medial Moraine
Lateral Moraine
Recessional Moraines
Erratic
Esker
Kame
Drumlins
36. Types of Moraines
“Terminal Moraine” is a deposit that mark, the
farthest advance of a glacier.
“Recessional Moraines” Moraine deposits created
during halts in the retreat of the glacier.
“Lateral Moraine” The debris that falls from valley
side slopes can be concentrated in a narrow belt and
cause a deposit.
“Medial Moraine” When two glaciers flow together,
two lateral moraines can merge to form an interior
belt of debris.
39. Esker
A long, snakelike ridge of sediment
deposited by a stream that ran under
or within a glacier.
40. A steep-sided, conical mound or
hill formed of glacial drift that is
created when sediment is
washed into a depression on the
top surface of a glacier and then
deposited on the ground below
when the glacier melts away.
Kame
41. Drumlins
•Drumlins are the hill shaped deposits of till, come in a variety of dimensions.
• Lengths can range from 100-5000meters & heights can sometimes exceed 200 meters.