'Major ice ages' presentation slideshows

ICE AGE

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Climate Chapter 17

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Abrupt Climate Change

Abrupt Climate Change. Review of last lecture. Large spread in projected temperature change comes from uncertainties in climate feedbacks Main climate feedbacks for global warming: ice-albedo , temperature (lapse rate), water vapor, cloud, aerosol, carbon cycle.

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Erosion and Deposition

Erosion and Deposition. Glaciers. Glaciers. Geologists define a glacier as any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land. There are two types of glaciers: Continental glaciers Valley glaciers. Continental Glaciers.

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Glaciers

Glaciers. Glaciers are piles of snow that flow under their own weight. They are capable of enormous erosion and deposition, mainly because of the near-lack of limits on transportation and their close association with freeze-thaw cycles that produce much physical weathering.

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Changes in Climate

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