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BURIED BEDROCK VALLEY [1 record]

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Record 1 1977-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
OBS

Where glacial melt water has followed a pre-glacial valley or has cut into bedrock formations, and the valley has been subsequently filled with glacial till, the situation is referred to as a buried bedrock valley.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
OBS

Quand l'eau de fonte du glacier s'est écoulée le long d'une vallée pré-glaciaire, qu'elle a creusé les formations du bedrock, et qu'ensuite la vallée s'est remplie de till glaciaire, le phénomène est appelé vallée ensevelie taillée dans le roc.

Spanish

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