"Glacial erosion" refers to the process where glaciers, which are large masses of ice, wear away and reshape the Earth's surface over a long period of time. It happens as the ice slowly moves and drags rocks, sediment, and soil, carving out valleys and shaping mountains.
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- This page provides an overview of glacial erosion and develops this through a number of well chosen videos, and class presentation. (thinkib.net)
- The river sands are topped with a thick layer of coarser sediment that signals the onset of glacial erosion in the valley, the researchers found. (scientificamerican.com)
- Herabouts (Mid Wales) there are remnants of deep tropical terrestrial weathering (most was removed by glacial erosion in the Quaternary). (skepticalscience.com)
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