this ice deposited sediment has very poor sorting
What is glacial till?
Most deadly and common natural disaster in the United States
What is a flood?
Our current Geologic Era marked by a cooling climate
What is the 'Cenozoic Era'
The ratio of Precipitation to Potential Evaporation
What is an aridity index?
Circulation of water in the oceans globally, redistributing earth's heat from the equator to the poles
What is thermohaline circulation?
A linear ridge of unsorted sediments
What is a morraine?
What people are most likely to be doing when they die in a flood
What is driving?
Maximum amount of land covered by ice about 20,000 years ago
What is 30%?
Native vegetation covering most of the Dust Bowl Region
What are Prairie Grasses?
A cause of sea-level rise from just temperature
What is thermal expansion?
What is a roche moutonnée?
What is discharge?
What is eccentricity?
Premoninant crop planted by farmers in the Dust Bowl Region during the early 1900s
What is wheat?
What is melting alpine (mountain) glaciers?
A linear ridge of well-sorted gravel
What is an esker?
Type of erosion evident here
What is 180 ppm?
Analysis used to reconstruct drought history over the last 1000 years
What are tree rings?
A process causing sea-level to drop in some parts of north america
What is uplift?
A large boulder sitting on bedrock of a different type
What is a glacial erratic
The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere during the last interglacial about 120,000 years ago
What is 280 ppm?
A condition in the Pacific Ocean when the warm water is near the western edge, causing wetter conditions in the Great Plains
What is Louisiana (New Orleans, Gulf of Mexico)