Glacial processes and landforms

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Supragracial
Glacial transportation; carried on top of the ice
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Englacial
Glacial transportation; carried within the ice
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Subglacial (transportation)
Glacial transportation; carried below the ice
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Subglacial (landform)
Glacial landforms; below a glacier/ice-sheet. Erosion takes place here, occurring at micro-scales or meso-scales.
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Marginal
Glacial landforms; at the sides of a glacier/ice-sheet. Weathering and deposition occurs here.
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Proglacial
Glacial landforms; in front of or immediately beyond the margin of a glacier/ice sheet. Fluvioglacial processes operate here: erosion, transportation, deposition.
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Periglacial
Glacial landforms; on the edge of ice sheets and glaciers. They can be extensive and processes are associated with frost, ice, snow and even meltwater, but not glaciers. They create a range of landforms.
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Glacial transportation; carried within the ice

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Englacial

Card 3

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Glacial transportation; carried below the ice

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Card 4

Front

Glacial landforms; below a glacier/ice-sheet. Erosion takes place here, occurring at micro-scales or meso-scales.

Back

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Card 5

Front

Glacial landforms; at the sides of a glacier/ice-sheet. Weathering and deposition occurs here.

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