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CASE STUDY-CAIRNGORMS, SCOTLAND Flashcards

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talus slopes

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freeze thaw on glacially steepened rock faces=talus slopes of rockfall debris (screes) between 10-20,000 years ago=higher rates of accumulation compared to now

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blockfields

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freeze thaw weathering breaks up exposed ground (well jointed). common on the summit of Ben Macdui

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tors

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small ,rock hills (made of granite) produced by different weathering and erosion. hydrolosis, mass movement and freeze thaw creates tors

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