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Bilingual glossary of geology


Striation  Strie
A scratch or groove on a bedrock surface caused by the abrasive action of moving glacier (adapted from: Tarbuck and Lutgens, 2008).

Themes:
  Glaciers

Related words:
  Furrow (syn.: Glacial Groove)
  Glacial Groove
  Glacial Erosion