Description
Book SynopsisUsing Google Earth, this guide offers a virtual interactive experience in which students can visit and explore glacier environments in 3D. Ryan C. Bell demonstrates how the explosion of satellite imagery and remote sensing technologies has further helped reveal the hidden truths of glacial environments by providing new methods of mapping and measuring glacial ice.
Taking advantage of the recent proliferation in high-resolution satellite imagery, this guide includes a series of satellite images from NASA’s Earth Observatory. By studying these images students will not only start to recognize the patterns and processes commonly found within glacial landscapes, but will also develop skills in map analysis and interpretation. Such guided inquiry activities range from calculating the Mendenhall Glacier’s rate of melting to identifying erosional landforms in the Swiss Alps.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments; List of Figures; How to Use This Book: A Note to the Student and Teacher; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: What is a Glacier?; Chapter 3: Types and Locations of Glaciers; Chapter 4: How Do Glaciers Move?; Chapter 5: Ice Structures; Chapter 6: Glacial Erosion; Chapter 7: Landforms of Glacial Erosion; Chapter 8: Glacial Deposition; Chapter 9: Landforms of Glacial Deposition; Chapter 10: Ice Ages and Interglacial Periods; Chapter 11: Periglacial Environments; Chapter 12: Glaciers and Global Warming; Chapter 13: Final Project; Bibliography; Index
