geography glacier Flashcards
1
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Abrasion
A
erosion caused by rocks and boulders in the base of the glacier acting like a giant file scratching and scraping the rocks below
2
Q
Arete
A
a sharp knife like ridge formed between two corries cutting back by processes of erosion and freeze thaw.
3
Q
bulldozing
A
ice pushes material of all shapes and sizes as it moves slowly forwards.
4
Q
Conservation
A
ice pushes material of all shapes in order to preserve protect or restore it.
5
Q
corrie
A
armchair shaped hollow in the mountainside formed by glacial erosion
6
Q
drumlin
A
a hill made of glacial till deposited by a moving glacier
7
Q
erratics
A
rocks which have been transported and deposited by a glacier some distance from their source region.
