
(from the article `Quaternary`) ...left a distinctive imprint on modern landscapes and surface environments. The most distinguishing characteristics of the Quaternary in middle and ...
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Click images to enlargeWearing-down and removal of rocks and soil by a glacier. Glacial erosion forms impressive landscape features, including glacial troughs (U-shaped valleys), arêtes (steep ridges), corries (enlarged hollows), and pyramidal peaks (high mountain peaks with three or more arêtes). Erosio...
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