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moraine
Go dig up earth in a forest in moraine areas and you'll find pieces of charcoal.
From the guardian.co.uk
We venture from boulder to boulder on moraine ridge crests applying this method.
From the scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com
We had collected 56 samples across the moraine belt, and only one goal remained.
From the scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com
Part of the moraine is publicly owned as the Moraine View State Recreation Area.
From the en.wikipedia.org
As the continental ice sheet moved in from the north, it pushed moraine forward.
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David PutnamAaron Putnam sampling a boulder rooted in the Tachanggay Tso moraine.
From the scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com
After a glacier retreats the end moraine may be destroyed by postglacial erosion.
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It developed on the moraine of the glacier after its maximum extension in 1850.
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He said he did not expect such rapid changes to the moraine holding back the lake.
From the smh.com.au
- Accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier
- A moraine is any glacially formed accumulation of unconsolidated glacial debris (soil and rock) which can occur in currently glaciated and formerly glaciated regions, such as those areas acted upon by a past ice age. ...
- (MORAINES (GLACIAL MORAINES)) raised ridges formed by piles of materials generated by glacial scraping. When the glaciers melted and retreated, they left behind piles of material that they had scraped up and pushed along to the edges of their area of movement.
- (Moraines) Picture a glacier as a plow moving through loose soil. The soil piles up on the sides of the plow and in front of it. When you remove the plow, small ridges of soil are left. Moraines are these ridges made up from rock debris carried by the glacier. ...
- (Moraines) frost-shattered rock debris and material eroded from the valley floor and sides, transported and deposited by glaciers.
- An accumulation of stones and various debris pushed into a large pile by a glacier.
- The rocks and soil carried and deposited by a glacier. An "end moraine," either a ridge or low hill running perpendicular to the direction of ice movement, forms at the end of a glacier when the ice is melting.
- Landform. An unsorted mix of boulders, rocks, gravel, and sand ground out and pushed ahead of (or along side) a glacier. Around Las Vegas, look for a moraine on the way to Big Falls on Mt. Charleston.
- General term refering variously to glacial deposits or landforms. Used in America mainly for glacial landforms of constructional nature, such as end moraine or ground moraine. Used in Europe also to refer to the glacial deposits themselves, as with moraine clay or sand. ...
