Glacial Erosion
By: Sammatha Struemph
Works Cited
Bennett, Matthew, and Neil F. Glasser. Glacial geology: ice sheets and landforms.
Chichester: Wiley, 1996. Print. Includes bibliographical references and graphs.
Brocklehurst, SImon. "Tectonics and geomorphology.." Progress in Physical Geography
34.3 (2010): 357-383. Print. Author affiliated with University of Manchester,
UK
Davis, T. Neil. "Glacial Erosion, Alaska Science." Geophysical Institute of the University
of Alaska, Fairbanks. Version 416. Geophysical Institute, 4 Aug. 1980. Web. 26
Mar. 2011. <http://www2.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF4/416.html>. This
article is provided as a public service by the Geophysical Institute, University of
Alaska Fairbanks, in cooperation with the UAF research community. T. Neil
Davis is a seismologist with the Institute.
Embleton, Clifford. Glaciers and glacial erosion . London: Macmillan, 1972. Print. A
bibliography is available. This book is part of the Geographical readings series.
Etienne, James, Micheal Hambry, Jeremy Davies, Richard Waters, and Philip Wilby.
"lacial meltwater erosion and sedimentation as evidence for multiple glaciations in
west Wales.." Boreas 33.3 (2004): 14. Print. Author affiliated with Centre for
Glaciology, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Wales,
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3DB, Wales, UK andBritish Geological Survey,
Kingsley Dunham Centre, Keyworth, Nottingham NGJ2 5GG, England, UK
Mooers, Howard , and Philip Larson. "Generation of a heavy-mineral glacial indicator
dispersal train from a diabase sill, Nipigon region, northwestern Ontario."
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 42.9 (2005): 1601-1613. Print. Author
affiliated with Department of Geological Sciences, University of Minnesota,
Duluth, MN 55812, USA
Stille, Darlene R.. Erosion: how land forms, how it changes. Minneapolis, Minn.:
Compass point books, 2005. Print. Includes bibliographical references in the
index.
Walker, B. H., and W. L. Steffen. Global change and terrestrial ecosystems . Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 1996. Print. References and bibliography are
included in the index.
Web Site Evaluation Worksheet
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Glacial Erosion
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http://www2.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF4/416.
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Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks
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T. Neil Davis
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Glaciers are continually moving.
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This page gives basic information on erosion. It would be a good place to start
building your research.