Stunning images of fjords are familiar to geologists, but their origins are less well known. A simple model suggests that topographic steering of ice and erosion proportional to ice discharge are sufficient to explain fjord formation during the Quaternary period.
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Kleman, J. Where glaciers cut deep. Nature Geosci 1, 343–344 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo210
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