EESA06H3 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Rock Flour
18 Jun 2011
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The importance of astronomical variables in changing earth"s climate was first realized by louis agassiz. Snow contains more of the lighter isotope of oxygen (016) compared to o18. The study of paleoclimatology started with the discovery of a woolly mammoth found in permafrost. The toronto area contains a world famous record of past ice age and interglacial climates. The present day climate system of the planet began about 50 million years ago. The laurentian ice sheet is the name given the ice mass that formed over canada during the last ice age. www. notesolution. com. Coal requires a hot dry climate to form. Astronomical variables have operated since the beginnings of the planet but are very weak influences on climate. The movement of continents creates short-term changes in climate. Match each erosional process with the type of valley it creates in cross section. True: v shaped valleys, z shaped valleys, s shaped valleys, u shaped valleys.
