The tax is not imposed on investment income such as interest and dividends. For 2014, the employee's share of the Social Security portion of the FICA tax is 6.2% of gross compensation up to a limit of $117,000 of gross compensation (resulting in a maximum Social Security tax of $7,254).he employer is also liable for 6.2% Social Security and 1.45% Medicare taxes, making the total Social Security tax 12.4% of wages and the total Medicare tax 2.9%.
Icefields and Glaciers. Glaciers, of all our alpine landforms, have had more visual impact on our landscape than any erosional agent, save water. Look around you, youll see smooth mountain bowls (cirques), wide mountain passes, broad. u-shaped valleys, Matterhorn style summits and sharp ridgesall legacies of the ice age.
Glaciers And Glaciation By definition a glacier is a mass of ice composed of compacted and recrystallized snow that flows under its own weight. This makes glaciers very effective agents of erosion, transportation and deposition of sediment. The two types of glaciers are Valley or Alpine glaciers Continental glaciers.The difference between them is where they flow. Valley glaciers flow in mountain valleys from high to low elevations. Continental glaciers or ice sheets flow over vast unconfined land areas.Valley glaciers are present at high altitude in mountain valleys of Alaska, the Italian Alps and New Zealand.lacial Drift. All sediment deposited by a glacier whether its a valley glacier or continental ice sheet, is called glacial drift. Till: unstratified sediment deposited directly by glacial ice. It is poorly sorted & contains large boulder, pebbles clay-sized particles.