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Till is deposited by glacial ice. Till is deposited almost exclusively in the ablation zone either by being plastered onto the underlying glacial bed by flowing ice or by sloughing off the glacier's surface as the ice melts. Till are generally unstratified and commonly consist of large rock fragments surrounded by a finer grained matrix of sand, silt, and clay.
Outwash is Sand and gravel deposited by melt water. Outwash are typicaly well sorted and stratified so they differ sharply from tills, which are unsorted and unstratified
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What Unsorted rocky debris that is formed by a melting glaciers is called?
Unsorted rocky debris that is formed during the melting of a glacier is known as a till. When there are many tills that are present the sediment that is deposited forms a till plain.
How is glacial drift related to glaciers reshaping landscapes?
the rock material and deposited by glaciers
What is an Eskers?
They are formed by streams that deposited minerals that flowed on top of glaciers, inside the cracks of glaciers, and in tunnels below glaciers
Do valley glaciers deposit till and out wash?
yes, along with continental glaciers
Where can erratic boulders be found?
On land or seafloor, where they were deposited by glaciers, far from their original source.
What is sediment of different sized particles left by ice from glaciers?
the correct answer is till. this sediment, deposited directly from glacier ice is till.
What is the difference between a till and a moraine?
Till is the mixture of sediment that glaciers deposit and a moraine is the same thing, but just deposited at the edges of a glacier.
Do glaciers sort the material they transport?
No. Material that is directly deposited by glaciers, called till, is completely unsorted. However, some of the processes around glaciers, particularly streams from meltwater, can sort material.
What is the mass of clay silt sand and boulders that covers the US deposited by?
This is most likely glacial till (in the past this was commonly known as boulder clay) and was deposited by glaciers.
Can ice carry sediment?
Yes. Glaciers carry large amounts of sediment. When that sediment is deposited it is called glacial till.
What is a body of rubble deposited by glaciers?
Moraine.
What Unsorted rocky debris that is formed by a melting glaciers is called?
Unsorted rocky debris that is formed during the melting of a glacier is known as a till. When there are many tills that are present the sediment that is deposited forms a till plain.
How is glacial drift related to glaciers reshaping landscapes?
the rock material and deposited by glaciers
Mixture of sediments deposited by a glacier?
the correct answer is till. this sediment, deposited directly from glacier ice is till.
The mixture of sediments deposited directly by a glacier is called?
Sediments directly deposited by the glacier are called till.
How are a moraine and an erratic different?
A moraine is a pile of rocks and dirt deposited in a heap, usually at the end of a glacier. An erratic is a large stone or boulder that has been deposited in a similar way when glaciers retreated, being of a totally different type of rock to that on which it was deposited.
What is an Eskers?
They are formed by streams that deposited minerals that flowed on top of glaciers, inside the cracks of glaciers, and in tunnels below glaciers
