aeolian landforms
wind abrasion
deflation: silt and sand
saltation
desert pavement (reg)
caliche (adobe)
loess
windward, slip face
migrating (live) dune
stabilized (fixed) dune
dune types: barchan, transverse, coastal
blowout, parabolic, hairpin, longi-tudinal;
erg

waves: crest, trough, height, length
waves of oscillation
shoaling
breakers
berm
progradation
retrogradation
littoral drift: beach drift + longshore
drift
wave refraction
embayed coast: bays and headlands
abrasion platform
tombolo
lagoon
cuspate bar
sand spit
baymouth bar
marine cliff
groin
coast types: ria, barrier island, delta, fiord, fault, volcano, coral-reef
deltas: distributaries, types
fringing and barrier reefs
atoll
marine terrace
ablation
sublimation, calving
Alpine (mountain) glaciers
zone of net accumulation
firn, firn line
zone of net ablation

abrasion, plucking
moraines: end, medial, lateral
glacial till
cirque
horn
arete
col
tarn
hanging valley
fiord
continental glacier (ice sheet)
Late-Cenozoic Ice Age
Laurentide Ice Sheet
Glacials: Nebraskan, Kansan, Illinoian, Wisconsinan
interglacials: Sangamonian
drift, driftless area
roches moutonnees
glacial tools: gouges, chatter marks, striations, grooves, polish
moraines: terminal, recessional
ice lobes
basal till
ice disintegration: kettles and kames
glaciofluvial sediments
esker, drumlin
outwash plain
glacial Great Lakes

For further information, please contact
Professor Kenneth M. Hinkel, Department of Geography, 712 Swift Hall, ML 131
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0131
Phone: (513) 556-3430, Fax: (513) 556-3370, E-mail: ken_hinkel@compuserve.com
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