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Many structures within the earth’s crust are created in a manner analogous to glaciotectonic deformation. Wherever an advancing mass imposes an increasing load on weak substratum material, the conditions for deformation may develop both in front of the mass as well as beneath it. Glacier ice is only one kind of mass whose distribution and resulting crustal load may increase through time. Local increase of crustal loading may come about in many other non-glacial situations: growth of an alluvial fan or a delta, buildup of volcanic deposits, landslide or mass movement of material, and convergence of lithospheric plates.
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Aber, J.S., Croot, D.G., Fenton, M.M. (1989). Glaciotectonic Analogs. In: Glaciotectonic Landforms and Structures. Glaciology and Quaternary Geology, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-6841-8_11
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