Surface removal of ice or snow from a glacier or snowfield by melting, sublimation, and/ or calving:
Correct answer: C. Ablation
- A. Abrasion
- B. Backplain
- C. Ablation
- D. Bank-Caving
Explanation
Ablation is the loss of glacier or snowfield mass through melting, sublimation, and calving. Abrasion is the wearing or scraping of a surface by moving ice or sediment, not the removal of ice itself.
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