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Why is it Important to Understand Glaciers?Why is it Important to Understand Glaciers?Where Do We Find Glaciers?Where Do We Find Glaciers?

How Do Glaciers Form and Move?How Do Glaciers Form and Move?How Do Glaciers Erode?How Do Glaciers Erode?

What Features are Produced by Glacial Erosion?What Features are Produced by Glacial Erosion?What Features are Produced by Glacial Deposition?What Features are Produced by Glacial Deposition?

How Have Glaciers Affected Us in the Past?How Have Glaciers Affected Us in the Past?What Are Permafrost and Periglacial Environments?What Are Permafrost and Periglacial Environments?



Diagrammatic Cross-Sectionof an Ice Sheet

Figure 16.3



Conversion of Snowto Glacier Ice

Figure 16.4a



A Valley Glacier as it Would Appearat the End of a Melt Season

Figure 16.6



Movement of aValley Glacier

Figure 16.8



Crevasses Along theCourse of a Glacier

Figure 16.9



Before, During, and After Glaciation

Figure 16.14



Cutaway View of a Cirque

Figure 16.20



Moraines Associatedwith Valley Glaciers

Figure 16.25



Depositional Features in Frontof a Receding Ice Sheet

Figure 16.28



Concentration of Meteoritesin a Narrow Zone of Ablation

Box 16.4, Figure 1



Extent of Maximum Ice Coverage in North America During Quaternary Era

Figure 16.33a



Amount of Uplift of the Crust in Eastern Canada over Past 6,000 Years

Figure 16.33b



Glacial Lakes Forming Around Laurentide Ice Sheet as it Withdrew

Figure 16.34



Distribution of Permafrostin North America

Figure 16.37a



North-South TransectAcross Permafrost Zone

Figure 16.37b



Building Designed to PreventMelting of Permafrost

Box 16.6, Figure 11



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