Erosion transports the fragments away ... Back up on the mountains, snow and ice build up into glaciers that weigh on the rocks beneath and slowly push them downhill under the force of gravity.
Glacier ice has great erosive power removing ... They get cut off so while erosion makes the main valley deeper and deeper, the smaller valley is left hanging higher up above the valley floor.
Join Isla and Connor as they climb Ben Nevis and explore features of glaciated erosion: corries ... I hear there are lots of glacial features to see here. CONNOR: Yes, like corries, like that ...
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Research has shown the complex history behind this gap of missing time ...
Mendenhall Glacier Ice Cave is just one of its many wonders. The cave has developed over years of erosion and recession. It’s beautiful blue color comes from the one color on the color spectrum ...