Erosion and Transport


Why? 

 Objective: Quantify impact of glacial processes
 Skills: Sampling, Data Analysis, and Reporting

Resources

 Tasks

 Reading:

Benn and Evans, Chap 5 sections 1,2,3,4

Chap 9 - get an overview, if needed focus on 9.2 and 9.3

Leave the lodgement processes until next week.

Questions:

Erosion Homework 01

Erosion Homework 99

Erosion Homework 98

Erosion Homework 97 (for reference)

Some Results from 98

 Lecture:

Mon - Reviw of last homework

Wed A movie - Erosion

 Data Collection:

See Lab General Information for some field tips.

Clast Data Collection (HTML format) past years

Clast Data Collection (PDF format) past years

 Study Images:

Glacier Abrasion - Images

Subglacial Processes

Glacial Erosion - Processes

Glacial Erosion - Features

Glacial Erosion - Landforms

 Data Reduction:

Clast Analysis Assumptions/ Resources

 Data Reporting:

Laboratory Report Formats

 

The problem posed in 1997 yielded this Example Report

 


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