Week 7: Glacial Landscape Vs Desert Landscape
GLG-101 Week #7
Desert Landscape vs. Glacial Landscape
Desert areas and glacial areas are very much diverse because they are similar. Weather has a great deal related to why the region is arid or rich in water. Firstly, desert areas are composed of sand and the weather is extremely windy while glacial areas are cold and composed of water that is a thing a desert land is short of. Erosion performs a large role in both areas because wind erosion is liable for the way the rocks and sand dunes in a desert landscape are formed and water erosion is liable for the form of the glaciers in the glacial area. Though the desert area is a dry weather, water erosion can also perform an essential part in transforming the landscape of the desert by shifting …show more content…
sand from one region to a different. The powerful gusts of breeze which blow from the desert land trigger sand dunes that are little mountains of sand.
Desert’s include precious mineral deposits which were produced in the dry atmosphere or which were exposed by erosion. As desert areas have got a arid weather they're best spots for natural preservation of items and fossils that may assist geologists know the region. Glaciers are produced as snow and ice thicken and gathers with time, changes to ice, and starts to move in an outward direction and down under the pressure of its own mass. The procedure of glacier development and establishment is called glaciation. Glaciers are signs of weather and are crucial to world water sources and ocean level variation. The other way a glacial can build is by other glaciers, either melting or shifting over the water producing glacial striations. As the glacier flows it will leave behind sediments which produce moraines, a pile of rock and pebbles that help geologists know glacial action. Melting glaciers also make kettles that are grooves left out by the glacier and can form into ponds. Glaciers increase and decrease due to climate change, therefore they flourish in areas of high snowfall in winter season and cool temperatures in summer season. These scenarios assure that the snow which builds up
in the winter months is not lost during the summer months.
Weather Alterations: Previous and Existing
Our planet's weather has altered substantially during the past, from the glacial times in which glaciers enveloped a big bulk of the planet to interglacial times in which ice melted completely. Developments in science and hours of investigation have been useful to researchers in piecing together a photo of the Planet's weather dating back to decades to millions of years back. Researchers have analyzed tree rings, glacier lengths, pollen remains, and marine sediments and alterations in our planet's orbit round the sun to know climate change.
Desert Landscape vs. Glacial Landscape
Desert areas and glacial areas are very much diverse because they are similar. Weather has a great deal related to why the region is arid or rich in water. Firstly, desert areas are composed of sand and the weather is extremely windy while glacial areas are cold and composed of water that is a thing a desert land is short of. Erosion performs a large role in both areas because wind erosion is liable for the way the rocks and sand dunes in a desert landscape are formed and water erosion is liable for the form of the glaciers in the glacial area. Though the desert area is a dry weather, water erosion can also perform an essential part in transforming the landscape of the desert by shifting …show more content…
sand from one region to a different. The powerful gusts of breeze which blow from the desert land trigger sand dunes that are little mountains of sand.
Desert’s include precious mineral deposits which were produced in the dry atmosphere or which were exposed by erosion. As desert areas have got a arid weather they're best spots for natural preservation of items and fossils that may assist geologists know the region. Glaciers are produced as snow and ice thicken and gathers with time, changes to ice, and starts to move in an outward direction and down under the pressure of its own mass. The procedure of glacier development and establishment is called glaciation. Glaciers are signs of weather and are crucial to world water sources and ocean level variation. The other way a glacial can build is by other glaciers, either melting or shifting over the water producing glacial striations. As the glacier flows it will leave behind sediments which produce moraines, a pile of rock and pebbles that help geologists know glacial action. Melting glaciers also make kettles that are grooves left out by the glacier and can form into ponds. Glaciers increase and decrease due to climate change, therefore they flourish in areas of high snowfall in winter season and cool temperatures in summer season. These scenarios assure that the snow which builds up
in the winter months is not lost during the summer months.
Weather Alterations: Previous and Existing
Our planet's weather has altered substantially during the past, from the glacial times in which glaciers enveloped a big bulk of the planet to interglacial times in which ice melted completely. Developments in science and hours of investigation have been useful to researchers in piecing together a photo of the Planet's weather dating back to decades to millions of years back. Researchers have analyzed tree rings, glacier lengths, pollen remains, and marine sediments and alterations in our planet's orbit round the sun to know climate change.