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Glaciers are generally white but may appear dirty due to an abundance of sedimentary particles.
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What are depressions left by melted blocks of ice in glacial deposits?
A kettle is a depression left by melted blocks of ice in glacial deposits.
What is an upward rebounding of a coastline due to the melting of glacial ice called?
Glacial isostasy.
Are you in the Quaternary Period?
Yes. We currently live in an "interglacial period" of the Quaternary Ice Age. Some people confuse "ice age" with a "glacial period" within an ice age.
Fissure or deep cleft in glacial ice?
crevasses
Evidence about ancient climates indicate that?
glacial ice once covered much of what is now India and Australia
Glacial ice is always greenish or bluish in color?
Glacial ice appears blue or greenish because its dense structure absorbs red light, causing the ice to reflect blue hues. The ice's lack of air bubbles and compressed ice crystals also contribute to its color.
Why does glacial ice look blue?
Over the years and when the glacier formed ,the ice turns blue when compressed.
What is the movement of glacial ice called?
[Glacial] flow
How does glacial ice differ from regular ice?
Glacial ice is much more solid then regular ice. Glacial ice is also alot colder than regular ice. Glacial ice can also be up to 1/2 a mile thick. Glaciation is aan extremly powerful force. 2. Glaciation happend very recently in geologic terms and there has not been enough time for the glacial features to be worn away.
Is glacial ice different from regular ice?
Yes. Glacial ice is ice that has been compressed under great pressure and will react differently as it melts.
What is unsorted rock material that is deposited by ice when the ice melts?
Glacial till or 'Moraine'.
What is menat by the term glacial?
Glacial is an adjective that means icy or frozen. It comes from the ancient Latin word, 'glacialis', meaning frozen, full of ice. It can refer either to temperature/ outside condition: "In Siberia the streets are full of snow and ice, it is glacial." Secondly, it can refer to emotion or mood. "When the man on the bus knocked her bag to the floor, Mother gave him a glacial look."
What is meaning of glAcial?
Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena., Resembling ice; having the appearance and consistency of ice; -- said of certain solid compounds; as, glacial phosphoric or acetic acids.
What are depressions left by melted blocks of ice in glacial deposits?
A kettle is a depression left by melted blocks of ice in glacial deposits.
What Depression left by melted blocks of ice in glacial deposits?
A kettle is a depression left by melted blocks of ice in glacial deposits.
What is an upward rebounding of a coastline due to the melting of glacial ice called?
Glacial isostasy.
What does the term Ice Age mean when it is capitalized?
Some also say: ice age = all of the ice ages (a general name). Ice Age = Pleistocene Glacial Epoch.
