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Glacial Erosion  Érosion glaciaire
The grinding, scouring, plucking, grooving, scratching, and polishing effects of the movement of glacial ice, sediment, and meltwater (adapted from: Neuendorf et al., 2005).

Themes:
  Glaciers

Related words:
  Glacial Groove
  Striation
  Furrow (syn.: Glacial Groove)
  Rat-Tail