How to carve the Matterhorn in a pint of ice cream
Here's how I explain the carving of horns as erosional features of glacier geomorphology:
Once you've scooped into the pint of ice cream and out (away from the frozen core towards the thawed exterior), you end up leaving a pinnacle in the middle with curved facets ("cirques"):
... Kinda like this:
Once you've scooped into the pint of ice cream and out (away from the frozen core towards the thawed exterior), you end up leaving a pinnacle in the middle with curved facets ("cirques"):
... Kinda like this:
Labels: analogies, geology, glacial landforms, teaching
4 Comments:
That's really neat. I hope the Mini Me people see it! Does everyone get their own pint of ice cream?
Are the chocolate chunks(?) plutons?
Chris: I suppose they could be. Didn't really plan it that way, though.
CB
too cool
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