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Alpine Glaciers (Corel)After reading, studying, and discussing Chapter 4, you should be able to:

  • Describe the types and locations of glaciers.

  • Discuss glacial movement.

  • List the types of glacial drift.

  • Describe the features produced by glacial erosion and deposition.

  • Define the Ice Age and the Pleistocene epoch.

  • Describe the climatic conditions that produce arid and semiarid regions.

  • Describe the geologic evolution of the Basin and Range region.

  • List the types of wind deposits and describe the features of wind deposition.



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