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Glaciation
1.Formation processes2.Glaciated valleys and related features3.Glaciated mountains1.Formation processes:a.Ice movementi.Basal sliding-ice flows in layers., slidingover melting ice at base of glacier.  b.Erosioni.Plucking-pieces of rock torn from rock surface as ice tears away from slopesii.Abrasion –“sand paper effect where landsurface is scoured by the moving icec.Weatheringi.Break up of rocks by the weather.Frostshattering (freeze-thaw): where frost getsinto rocks, shattering the surface intosmall, sharp fragments. Important atsummits of mountains
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