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Continental Claciation. Slide presentation. Continental Glacier. Outwash Plain -. Large areas of glacial sediment deposited by glacial streams. Outwash Plain. Horicon Marsh. Glacial Drift. Loose and unsorted rock debris distributed by glaciers and glacial melt waters.
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Continental Claciation Slide presentation
Outwash Plain - Large areas of glacial sediment deposited by glacial streams.
Glacial Drift Loose and unsorted rock debris distributed by glaciers and glacial melt waters. Two types: till and outwash
Moraines: a build up of sediment transported or left by the glacier
End moraine - • Perpendicular to glacier • Dumps sediment at the edge of the glacier. • Marks the end of the glacier
Recessional Moraine • Sediment dumped by retreating ice
Inter-lobate Moraine • Kettle Moraine state forest is an example • Built between two lobes of ice.
Kettle • Depressions on outwash plain that often fill with water. • Caused by stranded ice blocks and erosion
Esker • Look like inverted streams • Winding ridges of glacial drift deposited by melt-water in tunnels under the glacier • A stream under a glacier
Esker Parnell esker
Kame • Cone shaped hill of sand and gravel;reverse funnel • Two types: • Delta – meltwater deposited sediments off the top of a glacier • Moulin Kame – base of a shaft through a glacier.
Drumlin • Look like upside down teardrops • Tapered end shows the direction the glacier moved in . • Formed from till
Chatter Marks Rocks dragged by glacier left these marks
Calving • calving glacier: glacier that loses material by calving, usually a glacier that terminates in sea, lake, or river water