Geology 103 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Tim Horner Geology Department, CSU Sacramento

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Geology 103Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Tim
HornerGeology Department, CSU Sacramento

• Lecture 15
• Glacial systems
• Reading assignments
• Boggs, 5th ed., pp. 235-243

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Snowfall vs Melting Evaporation
(Ablation)                                        
                                                  
                                                  
 
From Steven Dutch, University of Wisconsin Green
Bay, http//www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/EarthSC202Notes/G
LACIAL.HTM
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From Steven Dutch, University of Wisconsin Green
Bay, http//www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/202ovhds.htm
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Glacial environments
Figure 8.27 From Boggs (2006), Principles of
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
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Poorly sorted
Glacial grooves
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Glacial grooves- Kelly's island, Ohio
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Glacial grooves- Kelly's island, Ohio
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Glacial moraine
Figure 8.29 From Boggs, Principles of
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
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Glaciomarine sedimentation
Figure 8.30 From Boggs, Principles of
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
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Glaciomarine deposits
Figure 11.32 From Boggs, Principles of
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, 2nd ed., p. 391
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Terrestrial glacial deposits
Figure 11.31 From Boggs, Principles of
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, 2nd ed., p. 390