Exam 17: Glaciers and Glaciation

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A cirque represents an erosional feature formed in what was an accumulation area for snow and ice at the up-valley head of a glacier.

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Crevasses are short, narrow cracks in the plastic flow zone of a glacier that alternately open and close as the ice flows along.

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Unusually rapid, forward movements of glaciers are called ________.

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