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We visit the Alps to see how the Valley glaciers of the region form, erode the highland landscape and leave morainal features at their snouts. By way of comparison we turn to the Colorado Rocky Mou...ntains - here we see 'U' shaped valleys, aretas, lateral and terminal moraine - all features that tell us the area was once glaciated.
We visit the Alps to see how the Valley glaciers of the region form, erode the highland landscape and leave morainal features at their snouts. By way of comparison we turn to the Colorado Rocky Mou...ntains - here we see 'U' shaped valleys, aretas, lateral and terminal moraine - all features that tell us the area was once glaciated.
| Module code and title: | S236, Geology |
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| Item code: | S236; 12 |
| First transmission date: | 31-07-1983 |
| Published: | 1983 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:40 |
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| Producer: | Barrie Whatley |
| Contributors: | Paul Vaughan; Chris Wilson |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Ablation zone; Accumulation zone; Arete; Belomnite; Bergschrund; Fluvio glacial sediment; Ice sheet; Kettlehole lake; Morainal topography; U-shaped valley |
| Subject terms: | Erosion; Geology; Glaciers; Glaciology |
| Master spool number: | HOU4270 |
| Production number: | FOUS263H |
| Videofinder number: | 1582 |
| Available to public: | no |
