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L18 Glacial erosion in mountain area. County Kerry, Ireland
Position:
N52° 58'
W10° 10' approx.
Elevation:
200' / 150m approx.
Image format:
MF
GLACIAL EROSION IN A MOUNTAIN AREA
Irregular ground surfaces with protruding rocks, water-filled
hollows and marshy ground are key ingredients of GLACIATED LANDSCAPES
on the Atlantic fringes of Europe. Now the climate is cool and
wet but tens of thousands of years ago there were GLACIERS and
ICE SHEETS in this area. As the climate warmed and the ice melted
a rock-strewn, irregular surface emerged, of which this image
is typical.
Less detail
Image Trail:
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L16 Glacial lakes. Co. Kerry, Ireland
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USA
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USA
L65 Glaciers. Greenland
L66 Glacier. Greenland
L79 Glacial Polish, Devil's Post Pile National Monument, California,
USA
L81 Glaciated mountains and corrie, Sierra Nevada, California, USA
L82 Corrie lakes, Snowdonia, Wales, UK
L83 ArÍte, Snowdonia, Wales, UK
Links:
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3876/glaciers.html
http://www.davison.k12.mi.us/bentley/glaciers.htm
http://www.glaciers.net/
http://nsidc.org/glaciers/information.html
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/Glaciers/description_glaciers.html |
