Glacial erosional landscape - plateau and trough topography

View to the NNW across the headwaters of Blow-me-down Creek on Blow-me-down Mountain, western Newfoundland, Canada. The deep valley was initially carved by glacier and later modified by stream erosion. The rock rubble in the foreground and the irregular surface in the distance give the general eleva...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Wojtal, Steven F.
Language:unknown
Published: Oberlin College Library 1984
Subjects:
Surficial Geology
Quaternary Geology
Glacial erosion
Plateaus
Blow Me Down
Blow Me Down Mountain
Canada
Newfoundland
glacier*
Online Access:http://server15963.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p15963coll1,1968
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Summary:View to the NNW across the headwaters of Blow-me-down Creek on Blow-me-down Mountain, western Newfoundland, Canada. The deep valley was initially carved by glacier and later modified by stream erosion. The rock rubble in the foreground and the irregular surface in the distance give the general elevation of the glaciated plateau. The rock rubble apparent in the foreground, called a tor, is thought to develop by rock fracture beneath a slow-moving glacier.

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