Relatively flat, low-relief plateaus contrast with glacially carved, deep fjords. Computational experiments suggest that these astonishing landscapes are formed exclusively by glaciers.
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Margreth, A. Origins of low-relief plateaus. Nature Geosci 10, 541–542 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2991
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