- Preferred Labelskos:prefLabel
glacial basin (BGU)
- URI
- https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/def/voc/ga/GeomorphologySettings/glacial_basin ↗Go to the persistent identifier link
- Within Vocab
- Marine geomorphology - Part 2 Geomorphology
| Preferred Labelskos:prefLabel | glacial basin (BGU) |
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| Definitionskos:definition | In marine geology, a more or less equi-dimensional depression in the seafloor... (Excerpt from Bell et al. 2016, adapted from Bell et al. 1997. In: Dowdeswell et al., 2016). Basins ranging from small depressions to trough width basins may be formed in bedrock and/or soft sediments, by glacier erosion, glacitectonic thrusting and/or sediment deformation on soft beds (Benn and Evans, 2010). |
| Broaderbroader |
Glacial Setting
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| See AlsoseeAlso | Marine geomorphology - Part 2 Geomorphology |
| Is Defined ByisDefinedBy | Marine geomorphology - Part 2 Geomorphology |
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