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A short answer:
Glacier debris, or more properly called glacial debris,would be made up of bits of rock that were deposited by a glacier after it had melted away.
A longer answer:
Glacial debris is produced by the action of glaciers. As you probably know, glaciers are massive sheets of ice that advance and recede depending on the amount of snow that they get and the climate in the area. Because they are made of ice, they are very strong and able to pick up rocks of all sizes, from large boulders to small specks of sand.
As glaciers creep along the landscape, they often pick up these pieces of rock and transport them as the glacier advances. When the glacier melts, these pieces of rock are left behind as glacial debris.
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What is the difference between glacier erosion and glacier deposition?
Glacier erosion is when the ground below the glacier is removed. Glacial deposition is when the debris (eroded ground) is left behind when a glacier melts and the face retreats.
What is the difference between glacier erosion and glacial deposition?
Glacier erosion is when the ground below the glacier is removed. Glacial deposition is when the debris (eroded ground) is left behind when a glacier melts and the face retreats.
What is a large pile of rock and debris left by a receding glacier?
Moraine erratic(apex)
What is an outflow glacier?
Glacial PlainA l outwash plain is a stratified deposit of sand and gravel transported by water from a melting glacial ice sheet.
What are glacial moraines?
A moraine is any glacially formed accumulation of unconsolidated glacial debris (soil and rock) which can occur in currently glaciated and formerly glaciated regions, such as those areas acted upon by a past ice age. This debris may have been plucked off the valley floor as a glacier advanced or it may have fallen off the valley walls as a result of frost wedging or landslide. Moraines may be composed of debris ranging in size from silt-sized glacial flour to large boulders. The debris is typically sub-angular to rounded in shape. Moraines may be on the glacier's surface or deposited as piles or sheets of debris where the glacier has melted. Moraines may also occur when glacier- or iceberg-transported rocks fall into the sea as the ice melts.
What does moraine mean?
an accumulation of boulders, stones, or other debris carried and deposited by a glacier.
What moraines are ridges of rock debris formed in front of a moving glacier.?
Ridges of rock debris that form in front of a glacier are called terminal moraines at the point that the glacier stops moving ahead.
What type of glacier is the Tazlina glacier?
it's a valley glacier, it moves slowly carrying debris and melted snow.
Where is debris found on a glacier?
Bottom and side?
What does the ice do when the glacier stands still?
still flows and carries debris to the end of the glacier
When a glacier stands still the ice within it .?
still flows and carries debris to the end of the glacier
When a glacier stands still the ice within it is?
still flows and carries debris to the end of the glacier
Unsorted rocky debris that is formed by a melting glacier called?
Unsorted rocky debris that is formed by a melting glacier is called moraine. There are many different types of moraine depending on where the debris is found and deposited.
Ridges of rock debris formed by a moving glacier?
moraines
What is the difference between glacier erosion and glacier deposition?
Glacier erosion is when the ground below the glacier is removed. Glacial deposition is when the debris (eroded ground) is left behind when a glacier melts and the face retreats.
These moraines are ridges of rock debris formed along the sides of a moving glacier?
Terminal moraines or terminal
What does the glacier do with the object it move?
the glacier picks up the sediments, rocks, till, debris, and soil and carries them along while the glacier moves and will eventually drop them.
