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Glacial polish, glacier polished rock

A glacial polish is a rock surface that has been smoothed and polished by glacial ice over centuries and millennia. Sediments of different grain sizes are used as abrasives. Depending on the bedrock, glacial cut can have very beautiful patterns.
Glacier polish in the forfield of the Rhone glacier
Glacier polish in the forfield of the Rhone glacier
Base rock: Aare granite.
Marbled glacier polish.
Marbled glacier polish.
Base rock: Grisons slate.
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Updated: 10.03.2019

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