101. Glacial Geology At The University Of Cincinnati View images of, and learn about, glaciers. Glacier Images A graphical database showing glaciers at work and at play. The Iceland Flood http://tvl1.geo.uc.edu/ice/glacier.html

Glacial Geology at UC View images of, and learn about, Glaciers Originally set up for a class (15-GEOL-574) at the University of Cincinnati , everyone is invited to use the resources here. Soon this site will be splitting into two - a glacial image data base and a glacial class - its happing at glacial speed. Glacier Images: A graphical database showing glaciers at work and at play. T he Iceland Flood Glacier Class Related: Administration Stuff Topic Modules (Great images hidden here) Class Reports Other Resources Relatively Late Breaking News Final Project 2004 - The Basic Problem Glacial deposits and features can result from glaciation of more than one age. Landscapes are a composite of sediments and landforms resulting from glacial activity, but we ask rather a given landscape is the result of only once glacial cycle or rather some features of older glacial cycles can still be recognized. For working purposes, we consider the last glacial cycle to be the Wisconsin and that it impacted central and southern Ohio from 23,000 to 15,000 14C years ago. We will lump any and all glacial cycles older than that into one package. Your final project is to undertake a geomorphic analysis and delineate on the supplied base map the areas where the landforms of glaciations older than the Wisconsin are still have a major influence on the landscape.

102. Glacier Image Database QTVR of New Zealand glaciers 1999 Some Quicktime movies around the margins of New Zealand glaciers obtained in 1999. Check out the Jökulhlaup images! http://tvl1.geo.uc.edu/ice/Image/imageref.html

Glacier Image Database Structure of Database: The glacier system can be divided into six topics: Erosion, Subglacial, Superglacial, Ice-margin, Glacial lakes, and Proglacial. Within each topic, individual examples are organized into Process (orange; showing the process at work), Deposit/Feature (yellow; examples of the resulting deposit or feature), and Landform (green; examples of resulting landforms). Graphically: Tables of Topics: Pretty Glaciers Glacier Parts Glacier Flow Misc GLACIERS! Processes Deposit/Feature Landform Erosion XX XX XX Subglacial XX XX XX Superglacial XX XX XX Ice Margin XX XX XX Glacial Lakes XX XX XX Proglacial XX XX XX Additional Images: QTVR of New Zealand Glaciers 1999 Some Quicktime movies around the margins of New Zealand glaciers obtained in 1999. Oblique Air Photographs - Flood (Photos by our own Warren Huff) : (Links to a site in Iceland) Virtual Field Trips: Several images from the same area. May be a few years apart. Portage Glacier Glacier VR - Use Apple's Quicktime technology to view objects and panoramas. Unless otherwise indicated, all images were acquired and put on-line by T.V. Lowell with help from the lovely R. Hinnefeld. If you want to use any material here see

103. Glaciers Shockwave video demonstrates different types of glaciers, how they form and flow. http://www.eoascientific.com/interactive/glaciers/glaciers.html

General Science Earth Ocean Atmosphere ... Space Credits EOA Home Glaciers Glaciers begin to form when snow remains in the same area year-round and transforms into ice. New layers of snow bury and compress the previous layers. The compression forces the icy snow to re-crystallize, forming grains similar in size and shape to cane sugar. Gradually the grains grow larger and the air pockets between the grains get smaller and more packed, increasing its overall density. At 20 meters (65 feet) the sheer weight of the mass causes the lowest portions to deform into sliding layers, and the glacier begins to flow. Learn more through this interactive. The Internet Campus is an interactive multimedia science learning web site of: EOA Scientific , a developer of educational software EOA Scientific Systems, Inc., 10 Kidston Road, Captain Spry Center Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3R 2J7 Toll Free: 1-888-666-6362, Facsimile: 1 (902) 477-6834 More Information info@eoascientific.com Suggested Browsers: IE 5.5

104. Icebergs And Glaciers TOC Here is a report on Icebergs and glaciers. produced by two of the students. Includes a report on the sinking of the Titanic http://www.internet-at-work.com/hos_mcgrane/ocean/ocontent.html

Grade 6 Projects Grade 5 Projects Ms Hos-McGrane's Grade 6 Social Studies Class Report on "Icebergs and Glaciers" The Ocean Project In the first quarter of Grade 6 students study the topic of water. In Social Studies we look at the ocean crisis, overfishing, pollution, the world's water and so on, and at the same time in Science we do experiments with water. In 1996, for the first time, students also had four periods of week of Information Technology, where they were taught information literacy and research skills as well as computer literacy. Students spent some time in the classroom, some time in the library and some time in the computer lab. Our first major research topic was entitled The Ocean Project . Students had to choose a topic to do with water, and had to look at the topic from both a science and social studies point of view. Here is a report on Icebergs and Glaciers . produced by two of the students. Includes a report on the sinking of the Titanic Icebergs and Glaciers What is an iceberg?

105. Glaciers glaciers, don t just stay in one place all the time, even though they re glaciers are not found everywhere for the simple reason that it isn t cold http://www.internet-at-work.com/hos_mcgrane/ocean/oglacier.html

[Ocean Menu] [Icebergs] Glaciers What is a glacier? All a glacier really is, is a whole lot of snow. Like all mountains have snow on them? No, a glacier isn't the mountain after it has snowed, but after the snow has frozen. A glacier can can be enormous up to 440 miles long. In fact that is the largest glacier on earth. It's called the Lambert glacier and is located in Antarctica. Glaciers, don't just stay in one place all the time, even though they're frozen solid. They don't exactly fly about, but nevertheless they do move. The fastest moving glacier is called Jakobshavn and it moves 62 feet in a day. It doesn't sound like a lot, though it really is, because the only way they can move is by sliding down a thin layer of water that is between the ice and the mountain, or they 'creep' which is when the top layer of ice moves to the bottom eventually making a frozen river sort of thing all the way down the mountain. A glacier can be a lot more complicated then that, yet this is, in basic, what it really is. How are glaciers formed?

106. European Glaciers Offer Snow For Summer Skiers CNN http://cnn.com/2001/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/07/10/summer.snow.ap/index.html

107.        GIFTS OF THE GLACIERS - Wisconsin Sea Grant Animated GIF of glaciers retreating from the Great Lakes region. Thousands of years ago, the melting milethick glaciers of the Wisconsin Ice Age left http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/communications/greatlakes/GlacialGift/

t ext o nl ... y version The Great Lakes Thousands of years ago , the melting mile-thick glaciers of the Wisconsin Ice Age left the North American continent a magnificent gift: five fantastic freshwater seas collectively known today as the Great Lakes Lake Superior Lake Huron Lake Michigan Lake Erie and Lake Ontario From the westernmost tip of Lake Superior at Duluth, Minnesota, to the easternmost tip of Lake Ontario at Watertown, New York, the five lakes stretch a thousand miles across the heartland of both the United States and Canada, creating nearly 9,500 miles of ocean-like shores. The lakes also contain an estimated 35,000 islands. Officially dubbed "the nation's fourth seacoast," the U.S. Great Lakes shoreline alone totals more than 4,500 miles longer than the U.S. East and Gulf coasts combined. As seen from space , the Great Lakes constitute one of the most identifiable features of the North American continent as well as our planet Earth. The North American Great Lakes are unique among the world's large lakes in that their basins are linked together and form one continuous drainage basin. Together, they constitute the greatest freshwater system on Earth. Starting in Lake Superior, the water flows out the lake's southeastern tip down the St. Marys River

108. The Retreat Of Glaciers In The Midwestern US The Retreat of glaciers in the Midwestern US. 18000 to 6000 Years Ago http//www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/larson/glaciers.html, Last modified January http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/larson/glaciers.html

The Midwestern U.S. 16,000 Years Ago Search ISM Home Exhibits The Midwestern U.S. 16,000 Years Ago The Retreat of Glaciers in the Midwestern U.S. 18,000 to 6,000 Years Ago The map shown above is a looping GIF animation of the retreat of glaciers in North America from the last glacial maximum at 18,000 years ago. If your browser supports this type of images, you will see the glacial extent changing on the map. If your browser does not support this type of animation, you can download an MPEG video showing the retreat or view five maps showing the glacial extent through time. Both the animations and maps are based on Dyke and Prest (1987) NOTE: the MPEG video is about 216kb and was created by the ISM GIS Laboratory Illinois State Museum State of Illinois IDNR ... The Midwestern U.S. 16,000 Years Ago http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/larson/glaciers.html, Last modified January 4, 2002, 10:12AM.

109. CNN.com - Study: Glaciers On L.A.'s Doorstep 5,000 Years Ago - Aug. 14, 2003 CNN http://cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/08/14/california.glacier.ap/index.html

The Web CNN.com Home Page World U.S. Weather ... Special Reports SERVICES Video E-mail Newsletters CNNtoGO SEARCH Web CNN.com Study: Glaciers on L.A.'s doorstep 5,000 years ago A full moon begins to rise over San Gorgonio Mountain. Glaciers clung to the slopes of this mountain as recently as 5,000 years ago, a new study says. Story Tools RELATED The journal Geology LOS ANGELES, California (AP) Glaciers clung to the slopes of a mountain just 120 kilometers (75 miles) east of now-sweltering Los Angeles as recently as 5,000 years ago, according to a new study. The glaciers on San Gorgonio Mountain were likely the southwesternmost in what is now the United States during the waning of the last Ice Age, beginning 20,000 years ago. Lewis Owen, of the University of California, Riverside, said he and his colleagues found evidence that glaciers on the mountain made four advances over the last 20,000 years, the last between 9,000 and 5,000 years ago. The glaciers eventually vanished as global temperatures rose. Another scientist disputed the findings, saying the mountain's glacial past probably ended 12,000 years ago. Details appear in the August issue of the journal Geology.

110. Ice Ages:Ice Ages (home)--Illinois State Museum When most people hear the words Ice Age, they think of glaciers covering much of North America and Eurasia, animals like mammoths and sabertoothed cats, http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/ice_ages/

Ice Ages ISM Home Exhibits Ice Ages Search Ice Ages When most people hear the words Ice Age , they think of glaciers covering much of North America and Eurasia, animals like mammoths and saber-toothed cats, and Cro-Magnon people painting cave walls. These things come to mind because the words "Ice Age" often refer to the last time that glaciers extended over a large portion of the Earth's surface. The ISM online exhibit The Midwestern U.S. 16,000 Years Ago provides more information on this glaciation in the Midwestern U.S. The amount of ice on the Earth's surface has varied greatly through time. For example, the extent of ice in North America has changed dramatically since the height of the last glacial advance 20,000 years ago. During most of the last 1 billion years the globe had no permanent ice. However, sometimes large areas of the globe were covered with vast ice sheets. These times are known as ice ages. To begin to understand ice ages we must answer the following questions: What are Ice Ages? When did Ice Ages occur?

111. CfG Home Research focus is on glaciology and glacial geology. Staff expertise and research areas include relation between glaciers and climate and interactions between glaciers and the marine environment. http://www.aber.ac.uk/~glawww/

112. Prince William Sound Glaciers Biologistguided natural history adventures for small parties aboard snug, beachable cruiser. Unique wheelchair accessibility! Wildlife, glaciers http://www.soundecoadventure.com/glacier.html

SOUND ECO ADVENTURES Glaciers of Prince William Sound Navigation Links Further Reading Background What is a glacier? In general, glaciers form when snow accumulates at a faster rate than it can melt. The snow compresses under its own weight, gradually turning into ice. Under the force of gravity and its enormous weight, the glacier becomes fluid, and creeps slowly downhill. Smaller icebergs like this 20'wide "bergy bit" are common in College Fjord. SEA photo There are two main types of glaciers in Prince William Sound Apron (or hanging) glaciers, and valley glaciers. Apron glaciers cling to mountainsides, and generally have a localized origin. In contrast, valley glaciers literally fill valleys, and they often originate from large icefields. A valley glacier that reaches the sea is termed a tidewater glacier, and they usually terminate in a vertical wall of ice, often 200' - 300' high. Watching and hearing these glaciers calve ice into the sea with a tremendous roar is the highlight of many folks' visit to the Sound. Ten of the Sound's 17 tidewater glaciers are concentrated in College and Harriman Fjords.

113. Heat Wave Melts Swiss Glaciers CNN http://cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/08/20/glacier.melt.reut/index.html

114. Glaciers And Ice Sheets Ice sheets and glaciers form the largest component of perennial ice on Earth. Ohio State University, COLUMBUS, Ohio Many glaciers and ice caps atop http://www.solcomhouse.com/icecap.htm

THE POWER FOR THE PEOPLE Aids Air Traffic Alaska Alaska Pipeline ... Wind Power New! Tsunamis Iraq Terrorism U.S. Gas Prices Glaciers and Ice Sheets Ice sheets and glaciers form the largest component of perennial ice on Earth. Over 75% of the world's fresh water is presently locked up in these frozen reservoirs. A Glacier is any large mass of perennial ice that originates on land by the recrystallization of snow or other forms of solid precipitation and that shows evidence of past or present flow. A glacier occupying an extensive tract of relatively level land and exhibiting flow from the center outward is commonly called an ice sheet. Glaciers form when snow accumulates on a patch of land over tens to hundreds of years. The snow eventually becomes so thick that it collapses under its own weight and forms dense glacial ice. When enough of the ice is compacted together it succumbs to gravity and begins to flow downhill or spread out across flat lands. What makes glaciers unique is their ability to move. Due to sheer mass, glaciers flow like very slow rivers. More than 90 percent of the 33 million cubic kilometers of glacier ice in the world is locked up in the gigantic Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets.

115. CNN.com - Study: Glaciers Melting Faster, Changing Sea Level - Oct. 17, 2003 CNN http://cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/10/17/glacier.melt.ap/index.html

The Web CNN.com Home Page World U.S. Weather ... Special Reports SERVICES Video E-mail Newsletters CNNtoGO SEARCH Web CNN.com Study: Glaciers melting faster, changing sea level An unidentified tourist rests in front of the Perito Moreno Glacier in Patagonian southern Argentina. Story Tools VIDEO Researchers find sea levels rising as glaciers melt. CNN's Ann Kellan reports PLAY VIDEO ICE MELT Mountain glaciers are retreating in many parts of the world and earlier studies have shown the melting high altitude ice is helping to boost a gradual rise sea level. The researchers estimate that water from the Patagonia ice fields is contributing about 9 percent of the sea level rise caused by the melting of mountain glaciers. Alaska's contribution to water reaching the sea from mountain glaciers is estimated at about 30 percent. YOUR E-MAIL ALERTS Glaciers Patagonia Research or Create your own Manage alerts What is this? WASHINGTON (AP) Melting of glaciers in the Patagonian ice fields of southern Argentina and Chile has doubled in recent years, caused by higher temperatures, lower snowfall and a more rapid breaking of icebergs, a study suggests. Using satellites from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Defense Department, researchers measured the loss from two ice fields on the southern tip of South America and found that the rate of melting doubled from 1995 to 2000 when compared with earlier measurements.

116. Glacier. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 glaciers are usually found in high altitudes and latitudes. 1. Classification. glaciers are of four chief types. Valley, or mountain, glaciers are tongues http://www.bartleby.com/65/gl/glacier.html

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117. AWI: Glaciology Topics include introduction to glaciology; studies of ice sheet volume and glacier mass balance of glaciers by means of modelling, geophysical reconnaissance and field studies; and reconstruction of climate history from ice core analysis. http://www.awi-bremerhaven.de/GPH/www_gla2_index.html

Research Resources About us Geosystem Glaciology A Route through Glaciology Research Activities Publications Discussion and Highlights ... ASIRAS* Outlet Glacier, Greenland. Photo: Dr. H. Oerter. What is Glaciology? The cryosphere plays an important active and passive role in the climate system. On one hand the global ice and snow covered area varies on seasonal, interdecadal and millenial time scales modulating the radiation budget and hydrological cycle of the earth. On the other hand polar ice sheets and cold alpine glaciers represent unique archives of climatic change, which provide a multitude of information on paleoclimatic (temperature, precipitation, circulation) and paleoatmospheric (aerosol concentration, trace gas abundance) conditions. Both the reconstruction of ice sheet volume and the mass balance of glaciers by means of modelling, geophysical reconnaissance methods as well as field studies and the unraveling of climatic information stored in the ice matrix and in air bubble enclosures of polar ice cores are the main scientific objectives of the glaciology department at AWI. *realplayer 8 is needed for viewing the movie Responsible: Johannes Freitag and Webmaster

118. Hotel Les Glaciers ****, Serre Chevalier, Hautes Alpes A serrechevalier, au Col du Lautaret, l'h´tel de la famille Bonnabel. http://www.hotel-bonnabel.com/

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119. Landsat 7 Glacier Inventory glaciers and ice caps occupy about 10% of the Earth s continental area today. glaciers are, thus, key components of the Earth s environmental system. http://www.emporia.edu/earthsci/gage/glacier7.htm

Landsat 7 Glacier Inventory PROJECT OF THE GAGE WORK GROUP Table of Contents Introduction EquatorialTropical NorthernArctic SouthernTemperate ... Contributors Introduction Glaciers and ice caps occupy about 10% of the Earth's continental area today. They interact with the atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere on time spans ranging from hours to millenia. Glaciers are, thus, key components of the Earth's environmental system. GAGE work group of the INQUA Commission on Glaciation was invited to submit glaciers and ice caps for consideration to include in the Landsat 7 global archive. These glaciers will be considered because of their potential for scientific studies on global change. Glaciers and ice caps have experienced negative mass balances and have been retreating since the end of the Little Ice Age in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This is a general condition for glaciers of all types in nearly all geographic locations, with the possible exception of Antarctica. The local timing of deglaciation may vary considerably, however, depending on many factors as detailed below. Comparison of Response Rates for Glaciers in Different Settings Rapid Response Slow Response High altitude (mountains) Low altitude (lowlands) Continental interiors Maritime (islands and coasts) Mid-latitude (temperate) Atlantic Ocean regime Pacific Ocean regime Northern hemisphere Southern hemisphere The end of the Little Ice Age occurred earliestmid-1800sfor interior mountains of northern mid-latitudes, such as the European Alps, and took place latestearly 1900son islands of the South Pacific, as in New Zealand. The end of the Little Ice Age is just beginning to have an effect in Antarctica. Meanwhile, the late 20th century has been a period of positive mass balance and expansions for small glaciers in many places, for example Iceland and Norway. Since the end of the Little Ice Age, glaciers have experienced many lesser periods of ice advance and retreat that happened at different times in separate parts of the world. This scenario indicates that global climatic change takes place with distinct regional variations. These are probably the results of lag effects caused by differences in heat transfer and storage for the Earth's surface.

120. INSTAAR Glaciology Group Research and reference information on iceflow dynamics and calving, sub-glacial and englacial hydrology, permafrost, glaciers and sea-level change, climate change and glacier mass balance, heat exchange within snow packs, and related topics. http://tintin.colorado.edu/group/

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