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← GeographyWhich erosional feature results from differential freeze-thaw weathering within a glacial cirque headwall?
A)Formation of a bergschrund crevasse✓
B)Development of esker stream deposits
C)Creation of sorted rock polygons
D)Accumulation of loess sediment layers
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When differential freeze-thaw weathering affects a cirque headwall, shattering occurs because ice lens expansion dislodges fractured rock, forming a bergschrund. Therefore the bergschrund is produced, rather than eskers, rock polygons, or loess which require fluvial or aeolian processes.
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