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What is the name for rocks that have been deposited by a glacier?
They are known as an erratic.
Is erratic a noun?
The word 'erratic' is a noun related to geology; a word for a large rock that does not match the rocks or rock formations in its surroundings and is believed to have been deposited by glacier.More commonly, the word 'erratic' is an adjective, a word used to describe a noun, for example, erratic behavior or erratic weather.
What is an erratic?
An erratic is a rock fragment that was carried by glaciers and deposited some distance from its source. Erratics are generally found sitting on top of rocks of different age and lithology.
What is a large boulder that is left behind by a glacier and deposited among rocks of different type is called a?
Erratic
What is a large Boulder that is left behind by a glacier and deposited among rocks of a different type called?
Erratic
A large boulder that is left behind by a glacier and deposited among rocks of a different type is called a?
Erratic
A large boulder that is left behind by a glacier is called a what?
A large boulder left behind by a glacier is called a glacial erratic. These erratics are often significantly different from the surrounding rocks, providing clues about the glacier's movement and the rocks it passed over during its journey.
Where are erratic?
Erratic adj irregular, inconsistent, wandering around. Erratic noun an erratic is a rock found where it does not belong. Many millenia ago it was carried on a glacier from where it originated to where it was found.
What kinds of rocks are in the ocean?
The ocean floor is mainly basalt. Closer to the poles you would occassionally find a glacial erratic, dropped from a melting iceberg.
When a glacier melts the rocks it carried fall to the ground in a jumble called what?
When a glacier melts, the rocks it carried may fall to the ground in a jumble called a moraine. This accumulation of rock, debris, and soil can form a moraine deposit at the edge or base of a glacier.
What is an erratic boulder?
An erratic boulder is a boulder of rock which is of a different type than the local rocks. Erratic boulders are ofter more correctly termed glacial erractics as they were generally picked up, transported (often many hundreds of miles) and then finally deposited by melting glaciers.
What is it called when a glacier leaves behind a rock that is of completely different material composition than the formation it is deposited upon?
The rock is called a glacial erratic when it is left behind by a glacier, and is of a completely different material composition than the rocks on which it was deposited.
