Riegel

riegel

[′rē·gəl]

(geology)

A low, traverse ridge of bedrock on the floor of a glacial valley. Also known as rock bar; threshold; verrou.

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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Riegel

 

a transverse ridge of bedrock on the floor of a glacial valley. A riegel forms when hard rock outcrops on the surface of the valley floor or when the valley is overdeepened by intensified glacial activity.

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