Glacial erosion involves two main processes. Describe them.

      

Glacial erosion involves two main processes. Describe them.

  

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Plucking
Parts of the underlying and side rocks get frozen into the ice. These parts are pulled away as the glacier moves.

Abrasion
With a glacier, there is plenty of embedded rock debris. As the glacier moves, these debris scrapes the floor and sides of the valley eroding them.
Faimus answered the question on March 13, 2018 at 13:02


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