Consequences of Continental Glaciation
Consequences of Continental GlaciationIce Loading and Glacial Rebound The concept of subsidence and rebound, due to continental glaciation and deglaciation. (Not to...
الأحد، 27 مارس 2016
Deposition Associated with Glaciation
Deposition Associated with Glaciation The Glacial Conveyor The glacial conveyor and the formation of lateral and medial moraines on glaciers.Glaciers can carry sediment...
Carving and Carrying by Ice
Carving and Carrying by IceGlacial Erosion and Its Products Products of glacial erosion. Ice is a very aggressive agent of erosion.During the...
Ice and the Nature of Glaciers
Ice and the Nature of Glaciers What Is Ice? The nature of ice and the formation of glaciers. Snow falls like sediment and...
السبت، 26 مارس 2016
Vanishing Rivers
Vanishing Rivers As Homo sapiens evolved from hunter-gatherers into farmers, areas along rivers became attractive places to settle. Rivers serve as avenues...
الجمعة، 25 مارس 2016
Energy Choices, Energy Problems
Energy Choices, Energy Problems The Age of Oil and the Oil Crunch World energy use, cost and reserves.Energy usage in industrialized countries grew...
الثلاثاء، 22 مارس 2016
Oil and Gas
Oil and GasWhat Are Oil and Gas? For reasons of economics and convenience, industrialized societies today rely primarily on oil (petroleum) and...
Stratigraphic Formations and Their Correlation
Stratigraphic Formations and Their CorrelationWe can summarize information about the sequence of sedimentary strata at a location by drawing a stratigraphic...
