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glaciation Flashcards

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1
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plucking

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moving glaciers melt and freeze around rocks, plucking then from the earth as they pass

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abrasion

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the plucked rock fragments stuck in the glacier act like sandpaper as the ice moves along

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arete

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erosion

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cirque

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erosion

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drumlins

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deposition

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erratic

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deposition

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eskers

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fluvioglacial deposition

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fiord

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erosion

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hanging valleys

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erosion

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kame and kettle

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depositon

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outwash plains

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fluvioglacial deposition

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pyramidal peak

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erosion

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ribbon lakes

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erosion

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u shaped valley

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erosion

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truncated spurs

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erosion

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moraine

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deposition

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how glaciers move

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internal deformation of the ice, and by sliding over the rocks and sediments at the base

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fluvioglacial depositioon

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landforms made by ,meltwater flowing under and out of glaciers

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