Strained lee cavity, Amherst Glacier, AK, 1997


On this sloping surface a small cavity has deen protected from erosion. Some striations can be seen inside the cavity indicating that the glacier at times eroded the bottom of the cavity. What do you make of the staining (from iron)? Why does it have a distribution just on the inside of the cavity? What age is the cavity relative to the striations within it? What about its age relative to the striations outside the cavity?

 


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