COMD 4153 : COMD 4153 Final Exam PPT 6 Acoustic Phonetics Data 8
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Formation: formed by the continual accumulation of snow that re-crystalizes under its own weight into an ice mass; need more accumulation of snow than what is removed. This must be about the permanent snow line. Snowline: equilibrium line- the lowest elevation where snow can survive year round or the lowest line where winter snow accumulation persist throughout the summer, fluctuation- Snow line rises as you move inland as the distance from the equator increases. Costal processes: waves, types of waves, oscillation waves. Louisiana= spilling: plunging- steep bottom profile, tsunami, title wave created by an undersea earthquake, begins as oscillation wave but intensifies with shallow water, wave transformations, as depth gets shallower, oscillation waves turn in to translation waves and sometimes. Gulf coast, including louisiana: semi- diurnal, two high/two low(same elevation, ex. Atlantic ocean: mixed, highs and lows at various peaks( different elevations, coast, sandy coast(beach, contains sediments from coastal erosion, river and offshore sources, and seasonal changes.
