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Moraines are a type of hill surrounding a kettle formed as glaciers melt and retreat. The kettle is formed by a very large chuck of ice that was left behind. The sand, gravel and rocks flowing with the water from the retreating glacier go around the ice chunk and form the moraines. There are places in Wisconsin called the Kettle Moraine Area where these can be seen. Often people remove the moraines for the sand and gravel that they can sell. This material is used in construction.
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∙ 14y agoMoraines are composed of rock materials (sediments) that are being pushed ahead of a glacier, that fall onto the glacier from valley walls, or are being uplifed from the ground by the glacier. Basically it's ice and sediment.
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∙ 15y agoMoraines are landforms which have been deposited by glacial ice sheets.
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Where are moraines located?
Ground moraines are located at the base of the glacier.
Moraines are deposits left by?
Glacials
How do you list and briefly describe four depositional features other than moraines?
these are as follows: till moraines out wash and till plains
Ice erodes rock and deposits sediments to form?
Glacial ice erosion will form: * Corries (cirques) * Aretes * Pyramidal Peaks * U-shaped troughs * Hanging Valleys * Truncated Spurs * Rouche Moutonees * Striations * Rock Steps Sediment deposition (resulting from glacial processes) will form: * Ice-transported boulders * Erratics * Lateral moraines * Medial moraines * Terminal moraines * Recessional moraines * Push moraines * Varves * Eskers * Delta kames * Kame terraces * Braided streams * Flat bottoms to U-shaped valleys
Loess dunes and moraines are examples of what?
Abrasion
What is a ridge or mound of debris chiefly boulders gravel sand and clay?
A ridge or mound of debris chiefly composed of boulders, gravel, sand, and clay is called a moraine. Moraines are deposited by glaciers and can be found in various formations, such as lateral moraines along the sides of glaciers or terminal moraines at the end of a glacier's advance. Moraines are important features in understanding past glacial activity.
Where are moraines located?
Ground moraines are located at the base of the glacier.
Where are ground moraines located?
Ground moraines are located at the base of the glacier.
Moraines are abrasive elements carried in the bottom of a frozen glacier?
these moraines are abrasive elements carried in the bottom of a frozen glaicer aplus ground moraines
These moraines are ridges of rock debris formed along the sides of a moving glacier?
Terminal moraines or terminal
Why are terminal moraines usually larger than lateral moraines?
Because terminal moraines were formed around an ice lobe during the period when the ice was at its maximum size.
Why are moraines often fragmentary?
Moraines may be fragmentary due to the sediment being deposited by the glacier
Is moraines famous?
some are.
What moraines are abrasive elements carried bottom of a frozen glacier?
Ground Moraines are abrasive elements that are carried in the bottom of a frozen glacier. Lateral Moraines are unsorted material deposited along the side of a valley glacier.
What are flat deposits of rock?
moraines
Moraines are deposits left by?
Glacials
How do you list and briefly describe four depositional features other than moraines?
these are as follows: till moraines out wash and till plains
