Final Review Material –
Physical Geology
Material:
Mass wasting, Deserts, Glaciers (Ice Ages), Coastal Processes
(chapters 9, 12, 13, 14 ),
general material over semester
alluvial fans bajada barchan crossbeds deflation desert longitudinal due parabolic dune playa playa lake rain shadow mud flow |
Basin and Range topography barrier island baymouth bar beach estuary longshore current longshore drift marine terrace rip current spit earth flow rock fall |
tombolo trough (of wave) wave-cut platform wave height wavelength wave refraction aręte alpine glaciation cirque continental glaciation solifluction slump |
drumlin moraines
end
ground
lateral
medial esker horn ice sheet kettle till U-shaped valley |