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Geology Ch.7 & Ch. 18
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Contact Metamorphism
Definition
develops adjacent to an intrusion.
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burial metamorphism
Definition
metamorphism due only to the consequences of very deep burial
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Dynamic Metamorphism
Definition
Occurs by shearing ONLY without requireing temp of pressure change.
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exhumation
Definition
process of how buried rocks end up back at the surface
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foliation
Definition
repetion of planar surfaces or layers in a metamorphic rock
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gneiss
Definition
dark & light layerd metamorphic rock
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hormsfels
Definition
non-foliated rock which depends on the composition of the protolith & the temp & the pressure od metamorphism
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hydrothermal metamorphism
Definition
hydrothermal fluids rising to the crust of the ocean floor basalt
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marble
Definition
metamorphism of limestone
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metaconglomerate
Definition
save conditions of slate, a protolith of conglomerate composition
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metamorphic aureole
Definition
distinct belt of metamorphic rock that forms around an igneous intrusion
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metamorphic facies
Definition
metamorphic mineral assemblegas indicative of a ceratin range of pressure & temp
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metamorphic foliation
Definition
parallel alignment of platy minerals of alterning light & dark colored layers
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metamorphic grade
Definition
the intensity of metamorphism, the amount or degree of metamorphic change
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metamorphic mineral
Definition
new minerals that grow only under metamorphic change
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metamorphic rock
Definition
a pre-exisiting rock that underges a solid-state change in response to enviornmental change
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metamorphic texture
Definition
grains have grown in place within the solid rock
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metamorphic zone
Definition
regions between 2 isograds; zones are named after an index mineral that wasn't in the previous lower grade
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metamorphism
Definition
process of change by a solid-state in response to an environmental modification
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metasomatism
Definition
changing a rock's chemical composition b reactions with hydrothermal fluids
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migmatite
Definition
gneiss melts & freexes
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mylonite
Definition
a foliation that roughly parallels that fault
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phyllite
Definition
fine-grained metamorphic rock witha  foliation caused by the preferred orientation of very fine-grained white mica
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preffered mineral orientation
Definition
alignment of inequant minerals in a rock
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protolith
Definition
pre-exisint rock; "parent" rock
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quartzite
Definition
metamorphism of pure quarts sandstone
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regional metamorphism
Definition
metamorphism affecting a large region
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schist
Definition
medium to coarde grained metamorphic rock with large mica flakes
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shield
Definition
vborad region of long-lived stable continental where Phanerzonic sedimentary cover was not deposited or eroded away
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arete
Definition
knife-edge ridge, seperated by two cirques
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basal sliding
Definition
water or wet slurry holds the glacier above the underlying rock
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cirque
Definition
bowl-shaped depression carved by a glacier ont he side of a mountain
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continental glacier
Definition
vast ice sheets that spread over continental crust
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crevasse
Definition
large crack developed by brittle deformation in a glacier
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drumlin
Definition
glacier flow molding till & sediment into streamlined, elongated hills
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end moraine
Definition
sediment that reached the toe & forms a pile
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equilibrium line
Definition
boundary between the zone of accumilation & ablation
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erratic
Definition
boulders that have traveled a long ways ontop of a glacier
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esker
Definition
ridges of sorted sand & gravel that were deposited in subglacial meltwater
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fjord
Definition
valleys cut by glaciers that are filled with seawater
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glacial advance
Definition
glacier grows into previous unglaciated regions
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glacial retreat
Definition
glacier moves back toward that orgiin of the glacier
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glacieal striations
Definition
scratches of troughs carved into the rock by the sediment embedded in ice at the base of a flowing glacier
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glacial till
Definition
sediment transported by ice & depositedd on, beneath, or at the toe of the glacier
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glacier
Definition
slowing flowing masses if ice that survive the summer melt
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hanging valley
Definition
a glacially carved tributary valley whose floor lies at a higher elevation than the floor of the trunk valley
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horn
Definition
mountain peak surrounded by at least 3 cirques
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ice age
Definition
climate was signifcantly colder & glaciers grew
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iceberg
Definition
a large block of ice that calves off the front of a glacier & drops into the sea
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kettle hole
Definition
a circular depression in the ground made when a bloack of ice calves f the toe of a glacier & become buired by till, & later melts
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lateral moraine
Definition
strips formed along the side edges of a glacier
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loess
Definition
layers of fine-grained sediments deopisited from the wind
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medial moraine
Definition
debri in a stripe running down the interior of a glacier
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Milankovitch cycles
Definition
climate cycles that occur over tens to hundreds of thousands of years, because of changes in Earth's orbit & tilt.
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moraine
Definition
piles of rocks & dirt-used by Alpine farmers
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mountain glacier
Definition
a glacier that exists in or adjacent to a mountain region
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patterned ground
Definition
annual thawing & refreezing that splits the ground into pentagonal & hexagonal shapes
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permafrost
Definition
permanetly frozen ground
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plastic deformation
Definition
the mass of ice slowly changes shape internally without breaking apart
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pluvial lake
Definition
enhanced rainfall, lakes accumilated in low-lying land even at a great distance from the ice front
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polar glacier
Definition
atmospheric temp is so low that the glacier is well below the metling temp through out the years
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roche mountonnee
Definition
s hill's profile looks like a sheep lying in a meadow
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sea ice
Definition
in polar climates sea surface freezes
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snowball earth
Definition
ice-encrusted plant
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temperture galcier
Definition
a glacier that exists in regions where it is warm enough for liquid water to occur in films between the grains of ice
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tidewater moraine
Definition
end moraine at the farthest linit of glaciation
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tidewater glacier
Definition
glacier that has flowed into the sea
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toe (terminus)
Definition
leading edge or margin of the glacier
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U-shaped valley
Definition
glacial abrasion & plucking lower the sides of the floor
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zone of ablation
Definition
subtracts snow from glacier
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zone of accumilation
Definition
adding snow to glacier
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