Which process accelerates glacial retreat and fjord deepening when warm ocean water intrudes into a fjord system?

💡 Explanation

When warm water intrudes, tidewater glacier undercutting occurs because the relative warmth increases melting at the submerged glacier terminus leading to calving, accelerating retreat and fjord deepening. Therefore undercutting results, rather than other factors which trigger less direct processes.

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