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Glaciers Flashcards

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Wasting of a glacier through sublimation and calving

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Ablation

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Crevassse formed near head of glacier where mass of ice roates and tears off

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Bergschrund

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Two cirques meet at this ridge

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Arete

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Bowl shaped depression

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Cirque

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Adjustment to stress

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Creep

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Accumulated debris

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Morainw

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Post glacial laje

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Tarn

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Lock of stagnant ice leaves a depression

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Kettles

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Steep ridges of sand

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Eskers

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