Crescentic gouge

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Term: Crescentic gouge
Definition: Any curved mark or fracture produced by plucking or chipping of the glacier's bed. Larger than chatter marks,typically the horns of these gouges point up glacier. Also called Lunate Fracture or Crescentic Mark.
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Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
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