Megagroove
A megagroove is a large scale (kilometres) linear channel eroded through bedrock by the passage of ice, possibly by plucking of the rock at the sides of the channel by the moving ice. They occur in areas of stratified bedrock which are largely free of till, having been identified in the Assynt area of Northwest Scotland,[1] from Michigan and from Ungava and the North West Territories in Canada.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Department of Geography : The Origin of Bedrock Megagrooves in Glaciated Terrain - Durham University". Archived from the original on 2016-03-12. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
- ^ Krabbendam, Maarten; Bradwell, Tom (2011). "Lateral plucking as a mechanism for elongate erosional glacial bedforms: Explaining megagrooves in Britain and Canada". Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 36 (10): 1335–1349. Bibcode:2011ESPL...36.1335K. doi:10.1002/esp.2157. S2CID 128713578.
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