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Glacial Depositional Environments and Stratigraphy - Glaciomarine

GEO GIRL via YouTube

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This course explains glaciolacustrine and glaciomarine depositional processes and how ice-proximal and ice-distal sediments, structures, and stratigraphy are preserved in the rock record. It also introduces the use of glacial deposits to interpret past ice ages and Snowball Earth hypotheses.

Syllabus

Glacioterrestrial vs. glaciomarine deposition
Glaciolacustrine deposition
Outcrop examples of glaciolacustrine deposits
Ice-proximal glaciomarine deposition
Ice-proximal glaciomarine stratigraphy
Ice-distal glaciomarine deposition
Outcrop examples glaciomarine deposits
Glaciation periods in Earth's history
Was there a Snowball Earth?

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GEO GIRL

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