Ryan C. Bell

Glacial Systems and Landforms

A Virtual Interactive Experience

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Using Google Earth, this guide offers a virtual interactive experience in which students can visit and explore glacier environments and landforms in 3D. As students develop skills in map analysis and interpretation, the patterns and processes found within glacial environments are revealed to great effect.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 209g
• ISBN-13: 9780857280619
• ISBN-10: 0857280619
• Artikelnr.: 39046268

Autorenporträt

Ryan C. Bell teaches Earth Science and AP Environmental Science at Sutherland High School in Pittsford, New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
List of Figures
How to Use This Book: A Note to the Student and Teacher
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: What is a Glacier?
Chapter 3: Types and Locations of Glaciers
Chapter 4: How Do Glaciers Move?
Chapter 5: Ice Structures
Chapter 6: Glacial Erosion
Chapter 7: Landforms of Glacial Erosion
Chapter 8: Glacial Deposition
Chapter 9: Landforms of Glacial Deposition
Chapter 10: Ice Ages and Interglacial Periods
Chapter 11: Periglacial Environments
Chapter 12: Glaciers and Global Warming
Chapter 13: Final Project
Bibliography
Index