deposit of sand and gravel carried by running water from the melting ice of a glacier and laid down in stratified deposits. An outwash may attain a ... [5 related articles]
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Stratified glacially derived sediment (clay, silt, sand, gravel) deposited by meltwater streams in channels, deltas, outwash plains, on flood plains, and in glacial lakes.
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A load of sediment, consisting of sand and gravel, that is deposited by meltwater in front of a glacier.
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A glaciofluvial sediment that is deposited by meltwater streams emanating from a glacier.
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Stratified sediment washed out from a glacier by meltwater streams and deposited in front of the end moraine.
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Glaciofluvial sediments deposited by meltwater streams at the edge of a glacier.
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A glaciofluvial sediment that is deposited by meltwater streams emanating from a glacier.
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. rubble ( sand, gravel etc.) deposited by water drived from melting glaciers.
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Meltwater-deposited sediment, dominantly sand and gravel, showing increasing rounding and sorting into layers with increasing distance from the ice margin. Often silt-rich, which can be reworked by wind to form loess.
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Beds of sand and gravel laid down by glacial melt water
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the material, chiefly sand or gravel, deposited by meltwater streams in front of a glacier.
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