Glacial Erosion of a High Arctic Valley
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study of glacial valley landform case study: sahand glacial valleys
abstract a mountain glacier, when it occupies a river valley, immediately begins to change the cross-section and profile of that valley. river valleys in mountain areas tends to have v-shaped profiles. glaciers work to widen as well as deepen their valleys and the typical cross-section of a glacial valley is u-shaped. the u-shaped glacial valley is one of the most characteristic of glacial land...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Glaciology
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0022-1430,1727-5652
DOI: 10.1017/s0022143000006882