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Glaciation
Processes of glacial erosion
Abrasion
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Plucking
and
abrasion
As the glacier moves, the rocks
attached
to it
scratch
and
scrape
the surface rock
underneath
and on the
sides
of the
valley.
The scratch marks left behind on the rocks are
striations.
These marks tell us the
direction
in which the
glacier
moved