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L9 Grooved rock - glacial action. County Kerry, Ireland
Position:
N52°
W11° approx.
Image format:
MF
GROOVED ROCK - GLACIAL ACTION
A GLACIER has moved from right to left over this rock in former
times. Stones embedded in the base of the glacier have ERODED
grooves in the rock. Finer rock particles in the glacier bed have
polished the rock. Tufts of grass manage to grow in small cracks
in the otherwise barren rock. For a superb small-scale example
of this feature, don't miss image L79.
Less detail
Image Trail:
L8 Mountain stream on glaciated bed rock. Co. Kerry, Ireland
L21 Grooved rock - glacial action. Acadia National Park. Maine, USA
L65 Glaciers. Greenland
L66 Glacier. Greenland
L79 Glacial Polish on polygonal basalt, Devil's Post Pile, California,
USA
Links:
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3876/glaciers.html
http://www.davison.k12.mi.us/bentley/glaciers.htm
http://www.glaciers.net/
http://nsidc.org/glaciers/information.html
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/Glaciers/description_glaciers.html |
