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ConcepTest: Glacial Equilibrium

ConcepTest questions by David McConnell , David Steer , Walter Borowski, Jeffrey Dick, Annabelle Foos, Jeffrey Knott, Alvin Konigsberg, Michelle Malone, Heidi McGrew, Kathie Owens, and Stephen Van Horn

Question:

If a glacier is in equilibrium (accumulation = ablation), what occurs at the terminus?

a. sediment is deposited
b. the glacier erodes the underlying bedrock
c. neither erosion nor deposition occurs

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