- Preferred Labelskos:prefLabel
roche moutonnee (BGU-T)
- URI
- https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/def/voc/ga/GeomorphologySettings/roche_moutonnee ↗Go to the persistent identifier link
- Within Vocab
- Marine Geomorphology - Geomorphology Settings and Processes (Part 2)
Preferred Labelskos:prefLabel | roche moutonnee (BGU-T) |
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Definitionskos:definition | A bedrock landform is streamlined by subglacial that erosion in the direction of ice flow. The landform is often asymmetrical in long profile, with a smooth up_x0002_ice end produced by ice abrasion and a rougher down-ice termination produced by plucking associated with lee-side subglacial cavities. Whalebacks are also elongate streamlined bedrock landforms but are usually symmetrical in form (Excerpt from Bell et al. 2016, adapted from Bell et al. 1997. In: Dowdeswell et al., 2016) |
Broaderbroader |
streamlined landform (BGU)
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See AlsoseeAlso | Marine Geomorphology - Geomorphology Settings and Processes (Part 2) |
Is Defined ByisDefinedBy | Marine Geomorphology - Geomorphology Settings and Processes (Part 2) |
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