Glacial Erosion Flashcards
1
Q
Abrasion
A
Scraping bedrock as flows leaving striations
2
Q
Plucking
A
Pulling away rock as moves against surfaces
3
Q
Basal melting
A
Basal slip due to friction and lubrication, picking up rock
4
Q
Ice Sheet Scouring
A
Knock and lochan landscape - Small, irregular hills due to widespread plucking and abrasion from ice sheet
Roches Moutonnes - Smooth, round slope facing away from direction of glacier
Crag and Tail-
5
Q
Crushing
A
Weight and pressure of glacier cause fractures in bedrock
