1) Earth 2) French word used in English 3) Glacial debris 4) Glacial debris pile 5) Glacial deposit 6) Glacial drift 7) Glacier deposit 8) Ground
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1) Graveldeposit
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glacially formed accumulation of unconsolidated debris which can occur in currently glaciated and formerly glaciated regions, such as those areas acted upon by a past ice age.
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General term for material deposited beneath, along the sides, and/or at the terminus of a glacier. Also, what we get here in Oregon during the fall, winter, and spring. See also till.
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A random accumulation of boulders, rocks, scree and sand carried down the mountain and deposited by a glacier. Crossing a moraine is slow going and is only done when alternative routes would take even more time.
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• (n.) An accumulation of earth and stones carried forward and deposited by a glacier.
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A ridge or pile of boulders, stones, and other debris carried along and deposited by a glacier. The most common moraines are end (or terminal) moraines and lateral (or side) moraines.
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accumulation of rock debris (till) carried or deposited by a glacier. The material, which ranges in size from blocks or boulders (usually faceted or ... [8 related articles]
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August 1968 southwest-looking photograph of the surface of the Bucher Glacier, an outlet glacier of the Juneau Icefield, showing several glacier tables, several conical mounds of sediment-covered ice, and several small piles of sediment left on the ice surface marking the position of former mounds, ...
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<geology> An accumulation of earth and stones carried forward and deposited by a glacier. ... If the moranie is at the extremity of the glacier it is a terminal moranie; if at the side, a lateral moranie; if parallel to the side on the central portion of the glacier, a medial moranie. In the last case it is formed by the union of the lateral ...
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A mound, ridge, or other distinct accumulation of glacial drift, predominantly till, deposited in a variety of topographic landforms that are independent of control by the surface on which the drift lies. (see also End Moraine)
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A single, large mass of glacial till that accumulates, typically at the edge of a glacier.
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A glacial deposit of till left at the margin of an ice sheet. See specifically by name, ground morai
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Mo·raine' noun [ French Confer Prov. German
mur stones broken off, Italian
mora a heap of stones, hillock, German
mürbe soft, broken up, Old High German
muruwi , Anglo-Saxon
mearu tender, Greek ... to cause to wither, Sanskrit
mlā to relax.]
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A general term for a landform composed of till.
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A hill of glacial till deposited directly by a glacier.
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A mass of boulder clay carried by a glacier.
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A glacial deposit of sediment left at the margin of an ice sheet. Lateral moraine
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See under soil type. Floor type Next to climate and grape variety, one of the most important factors influencing the quality of wine. The different soil types have developed over millions of years through physical and chemical weathering of rocks and through humification of organic matter. During physical weathering, natural forces such as win...
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a mound, ridge , or other distinct accumulation of glacial till . Lateral and terminal moraines of a valley glacier, Bylot Island, Canada. The glacier formed a massive sharp-crested lateral moraine at the maximum of its expansion during the Little Ice Age. The more rounded terminal moraine at the front consists of medial moraines that ...
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An accumulation of earth, stones, etc., deposited by a glacier, usually in the form of a mound, ridge or other prominence on the terrain.
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noun accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier
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The material eroded by a glacier and carried along by the ice, before being dumped when the glaciers retreat. Till is one type of moraine. Erratics originated as moraine.
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a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay. · a deposit of such material left on the ground by a glacier.
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an accumulation of debris (rocks and dirt) formed by glaciers.
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