Plucking

Alternative definitions (2), class: vernacular (0)
Term: Plucking
Definition: Erosive process of particle detachment by moving glacial ice. In this process, basal ice freezes in rock surface cracks. As the main body of the glacial ice moves material around the ice in the cracks is pulled and plucked out. Also called quarrying.
Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
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