Geomorphology and the Earth
Landforms of glaciation
Concepts to cover
- Continental and valley glaciers; how ice erodes
- Cirque and tarn, arete, pyramidal peak or horn
- Glacial troughs (U-shaped valleys), hanging valleys and fjords
- Moraines (lateral, medial, terminal, ground) and glacial till
- Eskers, drumlins, outwash plains and kames
- Glacial erosional rock forms: roche moutonnee, crag and tail, abrasion and plucking