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GLACIAL GROOVE [2 records]

Record 1 2003-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Erosion and Weathering (Geol.)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A deep, wide, usually straight furrow cut in bedrock by the abrasive action of a rock fragment embedded in the bottom of a moving glacier.

OBS

It is larger and deeper than a glacial striation, ranging in size from a deep scratch to a glacial valley.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Érosion et corrosion (Géologie)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Vallon dû à l'érosion glaciaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Glaciología
  • Erosión y corrosión (Geología)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
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Record 2 1998-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A deep, wide, usually straight furrow cut in bedrock by the abrasive action of a rock fragment embedded in the bottom of a moving glacier; it is larger and deeper than a glacial striation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
CONT

Lorsque le glacier s'écoule [...] il peut éroder plus profondément la roche tendre et ainsi produire une cannelure glaciaire [...] Les cannelures ont généralement quelques centimètres de profondeur, mais peuvent atteindre par endroits plusieurs mètres de profondeur et de nombreux mètres de longueur.

Spanish

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