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It's called an erratic. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacial_erratic.
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Sediment left behind when a glacier melts is called?
Glacial drift.Glacial drift.
When glaciers melt do they leave rocks behind?
Yes, When the glacier melts, all the rocks underneath are still there.....AnswerYes rocks melt out of Glaciers. The main types I can remember:Glacial till ( rocks left as an even bed )Erratics are large rocks (Boulder's) left scattered aboutLateral moraine's. These are drifts of rocks left where a stream has melted and cut a route through the glacier or the edges of where the glacier got to or whereTerminal Moraine is where a Glacier got to and stopped advancing or retreating for a time thus plowing up a big long narrow pile of rock.
What is a low ridge of rocks sand and soil left by a glacier?
This is called a moraine. (In nonglacial cases, it is a drift.)
When a glacier leaves behind a rock that is of completely different material composition than the formation it is deposited upon it is called?
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.
A huge sheet of moving ice?
objects left by early people
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.
Boulder left behind by a retreating glacier?
A boulder left behind by a retreating glacier is known as an erratic. A glacier is a moving river of ice and snow.
How could a large rock be in an area surrounded by nothing?
An isolated large boulder (known as an 'erratic boulder') standing in the open, was left there by a glacier, after the ice retreated at the end of an ice age.. They are known as an 'erratic'.
A large boulder that is left behind by a glacier and deposited among rocks of a 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
What is a large boulder that is left behind by a glacier and deposited among rocks of different type is called a?
Erratic
What can happen when the glacier melts in a cirque?
the glacier dropped small rocks as it melted. An erratic is a large boulder left behind after a glacier has melted
What happens when a glacier melts in a cirque?
the glacier dropped small rocks as it melted. An erratic is a large boulder left behind after a glacier has melted
What happens when the glacier melts in a cirque?
the glacier dropped small rocks as it melted. An erratic is a large boulder left behind after a glacier has melted
What can happen the glacier melts in a cirque?
the glacier dropped small rocks as it melted. An erratic is a large boulder left behind after a glacier has melted
What can happen when a glacier melts in a cirque?
the glacier dropped small rocks as it melted. An erratic is a large boulder left behind after a glacier has melted
What is the word for this definition huge boulder carried by a glacier?
Moraine is the word for rocks and boulders carried along by a glacier and then left behind.
