Glaciers and Glacial Ice
Across
- 3. A period of time where global temperatures fluctuated considerably
- 5. A process of erosion involving weathering away of valley floor and sides.
- 7. An Eroded interlocking spur that has a very steep cliff
- 9. A process of erosion where individual rocks are pulled from the valley floor or sides as water freezes them to the glacier
- 11. Weathering involving repeated cycles of freezing and thawing
Down
- 1. A knife-edged ridge often formed between two corries
- 2. A high ridge running across the valley representing the maximum advance of a glacier
- 4. Lake at the bottom of a corrie
- 6. A wide steep-sided valley eroded by a glacier
- 8. Deposits of Angular rock fragments found at the foot of rock outcrops
- 10. A small body of ice covering an area of less than 50,000Km2