Glaciation
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Glacier mass balance
Glaciation - Knowledge Booster
Formation of Drumlins
Glaciation - Knowledge Booster
Glacial deposits: Types of Moraine
Glaciation - Knowledge Booster
Formation of U-shaped valleys (with kitchen geography)
Glaciation - Knowledge Booster
Glacial landforms: Corries, Cirques, Cwms
Glaciation - Knowledge Booster
Glacial landforms: Pyramid peaks
Glaciation - Knowledge Booster
Glacial landforms: Arêtes
Glaciation - Knowledge Booster
Geog' Clips
Eyjafjallajokull and the impact of Icelandic eruptions
Geog' Clip: Causes, characteristics and impacts of the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajokull that caused widespread transport disruption throughout Europe.
Large Calving Event at Helheim Glacier, Greenland
Geog' Clip: While working in Helheim Fjord, Greenland, two researchers heard an unbelievable sound. This is what unfolded.
Simulated glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) from Laguna Glaciar, La Paz Department, Bolivia
Geog' Clip: A computer simulation, which predicts the likely path of an outburst flood, were the glacial lake to burst
A glaciated landscape
Geog' Clip: Filmed from Tryfan, a breath-taking glacial arête, the U-shaped Ogwen valley, these cwms & pyramid peaks last saw glaciers just 11K years ago
Striations, chattermarks and the erosional impact of glaciers
Geog' Clip: Highlights the small-scale features characteristic of glacial erosion that can be seen in both past and present glacial environments.
Glacial lake outburst flood risk, Bolivia
Geog' Clip: This glacial lake in Bolivia could burst, posing a flood risk to downstream communities
Glaciers, volcanic activity and braided river systems in Iceland
Geog' Clip: Clip encouraging students to 'think like a geographer' by considering the interaction of three key areas of physical geography: rivers, glaciation and volcanics.
Landscape evidence of recent glacier recession
Geog' Clip: Dr Richard Waller looks at landscape evidence used to reconstruct the extent and rate of glacier recession during historical times.