Sentences with phrase «as glacial erosion»

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England's fate as an island was sealed by erosion from glacial floods that carved the English Channel.

Here we show that the East Greenland Ice Sheet existed over the past 7.5 million years, as indicated by beryllium and aluminum isotopes (10Be and 26Al) in quartz sand removed by deep, ongoing glacial erosion on land and deposited offshore in the marine sedimentary record.

Any study of sea level needs to take into account deposition and erosion, land movement often through post glacial rebound - and tectonic activity, as these can cloud the picture.