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Chatter Marks  Fractures de broutage
Small, curved fracture found on glaciated rock surfaces. Marks tend to be crescent-shaped (open downflow) and successive marks tend to line up parallel to the direction of ice movement.

Themes:
  Glaciers

Related words:
  Brittle Deformation