Figure 6: Glacial Meltwater Erosion at The Flume


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FIGURE 6: At The Flume, there is a long, about 2 m wide, basalt dike intruding the Conway Granite. Glacial meltwaters and post-glacial streams have preferrentially eroded this basalt forming a deep, narrow gorge. Where the main stream encounters the basalt, it forms a hanging valley and makes a right-angle bend to follow the dike (right photo)

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