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What is the general term for all sediments deposited by a glacier?
Till.
What is the term for glacier sediment?
The rock and soil debris accompanying the glacier is moraine. lateral moraine at the sides where avalanches have dropped it, terminal moraine where the glacier finishes, and medial moraine formed from the lateral moraines of two contributory glaciers when they join.
What is the term for all sediments of glacier origin called?
Glacial drift is the term for all sediments of glacier origin.
What is the name of smooth egged shaped hill deposited by a glacier?
Roche moutonnee: An Alpine term for a rock knob with one smooth side and one steep side, produced by glacial plucking. They are named "fleecy rocks" in French because they often look like a field of giant stone sheep. Roche moutonnee formations are sometimes called "sheepbacks" in English.
What is the term for a large mountain of ice that floats in the sea?
A glacier.
Is a sedimentary rock mean rock made from fire?
No! The term igneous refers to fire. Sediment refers tomaterial deposited from rocks that have been weathered and eroded.
What is the general term for all sediments deposited by a glacier?
Till.
What is the general term for any well sorted stream-deposited sediment?
Sedimentation.
Which term describes the annual layers of sediment deposited in lakes and fjords by meltwater from glaciers?
An annually deposited sedimentary layer is called a varve. Originally the word referred only to those annual layers of sediment deposited in a lake by glaciers, but now the more general use is accepted. Another term used in the literature is "annually laminated."
What term is used to identify a windblown sediment of silt and clay?
Soils deposited by wind are known as loess soils.
When is sediment deposited in bodies of water?
We use the term deposition to describe the process by which sediment is laid down in a body of water. The sediment is said to have been deposited at the bottom of the body of water, and more may follow to build a layer of sediment.
What is called when sediment is laid down in a body of water?
We use the term deposition to describe the process by which sediment is laid down in a body of water. The sediment is said to have been deposited at the bottom of the body of water, and more may follow to build a layer of sediment.
What does the term supernatant refer to scientifically?
The term supernatant scientifically refers to lying above a precipitate or sediment. Supernatant scientifically also refers to floating on the surface of a liquid.
What are moraines made up of?
Moraine is the term used for the unsorted rock and material deposited by the melting and retreat of a glacier. So moraines are mainly rocky areas that used to be covered by a glacier.
What is the term for glacier sediment?
The rock and soil debris accompanying the glacier is moraine. lateral moraine at the sides where avalanches have dropped it, terminal moraine where the glacier finishes, and medial moraine formed from the lateral moraines of two contributory glaciers when they join.
What does the term 'brahmaputra' mean?
The term brahmaputra refers to a Sanskrit words and most commonly to a river on the northern side of the Himalaya mountain range in the Angsi Glacier.
Match the term with its definition?
Delta - Mouth of a river Alluvium - Fertile sediment deposited by a river Meaner - Curve in a river Tributary - Stream that flows into a river -Apex- :)
