To conclude, ablation depressions are rather short-lived lateroglacial landforms. They might be easily mistaken as indicators of glacier shrinkage. After the formation of an ablation valley, the steep glacier marginal cliffs may be covered by a lateral moraine and transformed into a more stable and long-lasting lateral moraine valley.
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Iturrizaga, L. (2011). Ablation depression. In Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series (Vol. Part 3, pp. 1–3). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2642-2_660
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