GEOL 1001 Chapter : Chapter 18
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Earth: an introduction to physical geology, 10e (tarbuck/lutgens/tasa) 18. 1 multiple-choice questions: the ________ is not the name of a pleistocene glacial episode in north america, dakotan, kansan, illinoian, nebraskan. Diff: 1: the ________ was the most recent pleistocene glacial episode in north america, dakotan, kansan, indianan, wisconsinan. Diff: 1: ________ is one of the two major flow mechanisms in a glacier, basal slip, crevassal slip, frost heaving, morainal sliding. Diff: 1: where is the world"s largest ice sheet located today, greenland, russia, siberia, iceland, antarctica. Diff: 1: approximately how long ago did the last of the great north american ice sheets melt, 1500 yrs, 1. 5 million yrs, 15,000 yrs, 150,000 yrs. 1: ________ has/have speeds comparable to those of a flowing alpine glacier, soil creep, streams, mudflows, basaltic lava flows. Diff: 1: abrasion and plucking generally involve what part of a glacier, the internal, flowage zone, the snout zone, the surface, brittle zone, the basal, sliding zone.
