Glacial geomorphology is the scientific study of the processes, landscapes, and landforms produced by ice sheets, valley glaciers, and other ice masses on the surface of the Earth. These processes include understanding how ice masses move, and how glacial ice erodes, transports, and deposits sediment. Landscapes and landforms that developed as a result of glaciation are the dominant focus of this field since they carry distinctive features and forms related specifically to glacial processes. Likewise, glacial geomorphology encompasses the impacts of glaciation upon floral and faunal evolution, modification, and distribution; and includes study of those areas peripheral to glaciated terrains, where drainage pattern alteration, climate, vegetation, and soil conditions are all severely affected by glaciation. This field includes studies of the causes of glaciation, the chronology of glaciation through geologic time (the retreat and advance of ice masses), glacial sediment stratigraphy,...
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Menzies, J. (2009). Glacial Geomorphology. In: Gornitz, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4411-3_92
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