Detraction

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Detraction is a form of ablation . In the process, the rock freezes on a glacier flowing over it and is loosened from the rock structure by the movement of the same glacier.

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  • Hartmut Readers (Ed.): Diercke Dictionary General Geography (= dtv 3421). Completely revised edition, joint edition. Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag et al., Munich et al. 1997, ISBN 3-423-03421-1 .