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Yes. Look at any glacial (u-shaped) valley and the terminal moraine at the end where the glacier melts.

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Q: Are glaciers an agent of erosion?
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Which of these is an agent of erosion glaciers gravity ocean waves glaciers wind or all of these?

All


What is the agent of erosion?

There are 4 main agents of erosion wind water glaciers and gravity


What changes more of the landscape than any other agent of erosion?

glaciers


Can valleys cause erosion?

A valley itself cannot cause erosion, but can be hugely affected by erosion. Usually Valley erosion is caused by glaciers, a common agent of erosion.


What is the agent of erosion for creep?

there are actually five types. water, wind, waves, glaciers, and gravity.


Is gravity a force of erosion?

Gravity is an agent of erosion... I'm not quite sure if it is erosion. In the science textbook I have right in front of me it says and I quote, "Gravity, running water, waves, wind and glaciers are all causes, or agents, of erosion. Although it says it's an agent of erosion it doesn't say it is erosion. An agent is a "cause" of something.


Which agent of erosion was primarily responsible for forming the long U-shaped valleys in the Finger Lakes region of New York State?

ICE in the form of glaciers.


What agent of erosion is the slowest?

Glaciers are the slowest agent of erosion. Although they can also carry the most, up to and including boulders, glaciers also move very slowly, typically less than a foot a day. In that period of time, both water and wind could have carried a sediment for miles.


How are glaciers and erosion the same and different?

Well glaciers are big chunks of ice and glacial erosion is the erosion caused by glaciers


What happens when glaciers go through erosion?

Glaciers do not go through erosion, they erode.


What causes erosion to occur magnets or glaciers?

Magnets do not play any role in erosion. Glaciers are ony of many things that cause erosion.


What is the greatest agent of erosion?

The strongest agent or erosion are water,man and animals. Yes, Maybe but the weakest agent of erosion is wind itself