CHAPTER 9: GLACIAL PROCESSES, PATTERNS AND LANDFORMS
At the end of this chapter you should be able to:
Understand how glacier ice is formed. Name and explain the processes of glacial erosion, transport and deposition. Identify glacial landforms on diagrams, maps and photographs. Describe the formation of glacial landforms. Identify locations around Ireland and the world where glacial landforms exist.
Contents
9.1 Glaciation 9.2 The formation of glacier ice 9.3 How glaciers move 9.4 Types of glaciers
9.5 Glacial processes 9.6 Glacial landforms 9.7 The glaciation of Ireland Questions
If you are choosing this chapter to study in detail, you must be able to explain glacial processes, how the landforms are made, and be able to identify them on diagrams, maps and photos. The extra material you need to know is indicated by a
green arrow. Higher Level students should study how landforms represent a balance between internal and surface forces. If you are not choosing this chapter, then you
should be able to identify the landforms on diagrams, maps and photos and state the processes that made them.