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3.3.1.7 Truncated Spur

Most glacial valleys were originally cut by stream erosion and then widened as the glacier eroded the valley. As the glacier widened and straightened the valley, the fronts of ridges which extended into the valley were removed or truncated.


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Half Dome
Half Dome
Gilluly, J., A. C. Waters, and A. O. Woodford.
Principles of Geology.
W. H. Freeman and Company, San Francisco, 1975.
Half Dome  Half Dome (grandiorite with Tenaya Creek flowing in glacial U-shaped valley), Yosemite National Park, CA.  Tenaya Canyon, a deep, glaciated mountain valley in Yosemite National Park. 

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