August 3, 2010. What can geologic formations found on Earth tell you?

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EARTH’S LANDSCAPES August 3, 2010

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EARTH’S LANDSCAPES

August 3, 2010

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What can geologic formations found on Earth tell you?

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What can Earth Landscapes tell us about Mars?

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What is this? Creeks in the Appalachian Mts

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River meandering to the sea

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Describe the landforms you see

Mississippi River Delta

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Alluvial Fan - deposition

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Alluvial Fan

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Glaciers

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Jackson Glacier

Muir Glacier (1941) (2004)

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Drumlins

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More Drumlins – elongated hills

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Striations – Glacial scraping

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Glacial Lakes (Finger Lakes, NY)

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What can this tell you?Dry lake bed

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Aral sea

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Aral Sea

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What can the white sediment tell us?

Great Salt Lake, Utah

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Great Salt Lake, Utah

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What are these?

Sinkholes (Arizona)

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Guatemala City, Guatemala - June 2010

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Sinkholes

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What does this show?

Meteor Crater, Arizona

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Meteor Crater, Arizona

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What is this?

Meteor Crater, Arizona

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Images from Space…

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Eberswalde Crater, Mars

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Drumlins in Canada

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Sinkholes? On Mars

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Las Bayas, Argentina – following landslide


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