Cold Environments Unit - Key terms

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Key terms to know:

A:

Abrasion

Alp

Altitude

Arête

Attrition

B:

Bergschrund

C:

Cirque

Compressional flow

Crevasse

E:

Extensional flow

F:

Finger lakes

Firn/néve

Freeze-thaw

G:

Glacial budget

H:

Hanging valley

Holocene

I:

Ice caps

J:

Joints

L:

Latitude

N:

Niche:

Nunatacks

O:

Orientation

P:

Parabolic troughs

Periglacial

Piedmont glacier

Pleistocene

Plucking

Polar glaciers

Pyramidal peaks

R:

Rejuvenation

Rock flour

S:

Sediment

Sérac

Snow field

Striations

T:

Temperate glaciers

Truncated spur

V:

'V' shaped valley