landslide | | rapid downslide of earth material |
longshore current | | the rhythmic movement that carries energy through space or matter |
alpine | | rapid movement of a large amount of mud/rock and soil mixed with a large amount of water |
beach | | large piece of ice that breaks off an ice shelf and drifts into the ocean |
creep | | the movement of water near and parallel to the shoreline |
rock fall | | another coastal formation caused by wave erosion |
sea stacks | | large crack that forms where a glacier picks up speed and |
deflation | | the boundary between land and a body of water |
saltation | | te lifting and removal of fine sediment by wind |
dune | | the highest point of a wave |
wave | | when waves break and when they enter shallow water they become this |
mass movement | | all material carried and deposited by glaciers |
continental | | unsorted rock material deposited directly by glacial ice when it melts |
abrasion | | the grinding and wearing away of rock surfaces |
stratified drift | | a mound of wind deposited sand |
loess | | geological formation on the Bill Nye movie |
trough | | the movement of any material downslope |
hoodoo | | a group of loose rocks that fall down a steep slope |
surf | | landslides that occur in mountainous areas with thick accumulations of snow |
avalanches | | the extremely slow movement of material downslope |
landslide | | one of the coastal formations caused by wave erosion |
glacial drift | | rock material sorted and deposited in layers by ice |
crest | | sudden and rapid movement of a large amount of material downslope |
iceberg | | the other type of glacier (they smooth the landscape) |
shoreline | | enormous mass of moving ice (titanic) |
till | | an area of the shoreline made up of material deposited by waves |
mudflow | | lowest point of a wave |
sea cliffs | | one of the two types of glaciers |
crevasse | | thick deposits of windblown fine grained sediments |
glacier | | the movement of sand sized particles movign with the direction of the wind |