Glacial Landforms "Structural"

Glacial Deposits & Landforms!

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Glacial Deposits - These questions are based on the slides I posted on blackboard!

1. What is glacial drift?!

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What is the difference between non-stratified and stratified drift?!

What are 4 sources of debris in a glacier?!

How would you recognize glacial till in the field?!

How could you recognize the difference between lodgment till, supraglacial till and flow till?!

What is a glacial erratic?!

7. What are some important resources that glaciofluvial sediments provide for us in this region?!

What is a dropstone?!

9. Annular layers of silt and clay are also called ________ and are associated with this hazard in this region _______________!

Glacial Landforms near Mt. Rainier!

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1.How can you distinguish bedrock from glaciers on this map?!

2.What do brown dots/speckles on topographic maps refer to in general?! 3.The letter "A" is pointing to three examples of the same type of landform, shown by brown speckles. What is the specific name of the landform the letter "A" is pointing to?!

4.The letter "B" is pointing to another type of landform shown by brown speckles. What is the specific name of the landform the letter "B" is pointing to?! 5.If you were standing next to the letter "B" and looking at this landform, what shape would it have (what would it look like)?!

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Massachusetts, Michigan & Wisconsin!

1. Use the topotools in Google Earth to view the topo maps for these locations. ! 2. Go to 42.5085° -71.5273° What feature is this?! 3. What kind of deposits would you expect to find forming this feature?! 4.

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! ! Go to 42.5129° -71.5415° Describe the glacial features formed here.! !

Do you think the hill to the NW is formed of the same material? Why?!

6. Go to 42.1513°, -84.3627°. What kind of feature is this?! 7. Go to 43.2772° , -88.613°. What features are these?!

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