Glacial transportation
What Glacial transportation means in Geography GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Glaciers move via basal slip and internal deformation, transporting immense amounts of rock debris and often bulldozing it forward.
As the glacier moves, it carries the debris produced by weathering and erosion over long distances.
Topics that use Glacial transportation
- Glacial landscapes in the UK (AQA GCSE)
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