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| pile of rocks at side of glacier |
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| sum is greater than the addition of the parts |
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| park with the best example of glacial features |
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| bathed the entire southern hemisphere in super cooled water |
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| happened during the miocene |
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| continent which started all of that cooling |
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| what is deposited by an advancing glacier |
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| start of cooling for the last glaciation |
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| cause of instantaneous cooling |
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| old astronomer who recognized orbital eccentricity |
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| the amount of sun energy reflected back into space |
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| pile of rocks at end of glacier |
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| lakes filled by rain and glacial melt |
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| features associated with but not caused by glaciers |
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| how much sea level would rise if all ice melted |
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| state with the most terminal moraines |
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| mountain range over steepened by glacial erosion |
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| change of earths orbit around the sun |
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| how much cooler is the average temp during glaciation |
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| scratch in glacial polish |
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| equilibrium line on glacier above which there is a net gain and below which there is a net loss |
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| what happens if a glacier loses more ice than it receives |
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| blanket of boulders deposited by retreating glacier |
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| where do scientists get the best long term weather data |
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| periglacial lake which covered much of Utah |
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| zone where there is a net gain of ice |
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| what do milankovitch effects control |
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| sinous line of boulders running down a valley |
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| largest pluvial system in north america |
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| largest pleistocene pluvial system in north america |
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| zone where there is a net loss of ice |
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| very large boulder deposited with fine sediments |
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| how much sea level would drop during a glaciation |
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| first component of the snow field effects |
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| small lake caused by differential erosion by glaciers |
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| how quickly does glaciation cool down |
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| a mountain which has been over steepened by four glaciers |
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| pluvial system which covered most of Nevada |
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| what happens if glacier receives more ice than it loses |
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| mountain which has been over steepened by glacial erosion |
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| pile of rocks deposited at end of glacier during equilibrium |
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| hole at the head of a glacier |
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| temperature difference between the Eosene and peak glaciations |
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