David poem setting vocabulary
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Glacial Imagery:
“David”by Earle Birney
J. Marshall 2010
Flora
Pine
Spruce
Heather
Larch
Gentian
Gentian
Saxifrage
Juniper
FaunaMarten
Mountain Goat
Arete: Section 3
A knife-edged ridge
Col (saddle): Section 5
A saddle-shaped depression between two peaks
Moraine: Section 7
The geological debris dragged by a glacier
Lateral Moraine
Sèrac: Section 7
House-sized blocks caused by shearing forces of the glacier. Named after a type of Swiss cheese. They are dangerous for climbers.
Assiniboine River: Section 7
A major river of the Prairie region.
Cirque: Section 8
A scooped-shaped valley end formed by glaciers.
Bergschrund: Section 9
A crack in the glacier caused by shearing forces.
Nêvé: Section 9
Snow characterized by very large crystals/flakes.
Crevasse: Section 9
A deep fissure in ice or snow.
Strata
Strata means “layers” – in the Rockies these are easily visible in the young fold mountains.
SkreeA layer of loose rock
Trilobite: Section 4
A common pre-Cambrian fossil found in Rocky Mountains limestone.
Limestone
The Burgess Shale
Cairn
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