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Loess is a fine-grained, wind-blown sediment that can accumulate near glaciers due to the processes of glacial erosion and deposition. As glaciers advance and retreat, they grind down rocks into silt-sized particles, which can then be carried away by wind once the glacier retreats. This wind can deposit the silt in areas adjacent to the glacier, creating loess deposits. Additionally, the cold, dry conditions around glaciers can facilitate the formation and preservation of loess.
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What is an evidence that an area was once covered by a glacier?
loess deposits
What is a ridge at the farthest point reached by a glacier?
This is known as a Lateral moraine. Please see the related link for more information.
What glaciers are near Valdez?
I'll just name a handful of them. Or atleast the ones you can usually see. The Worthington Glacier on the Richardson Highway, The Valdez Glacier down Airport Road, Shoup Glacier in Shoup Bay, Anderson Glacier (you can see coming over a mountain) Columbia Glacier and Mears Glacier you can view if you take a Stan Stephens or Lu Lu Belle cruise out of Valdez or take your own boat out.
How do loess form and why is it important?
Loess forms by wind. It is thought that loess, a kind of silt or clay, is formed from deposits of wind-blown dust.
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 an evidence that an area was once covered by a glacier?
loess deposits
Which river rises from a glacier near Mansarover in Tibet?
which river rises from a glacier near Mansarover in Tibet ?
What are a common form of wind deposit in desert regions and near lakes and oceans?
loess
What are common form of wind deposits in deserts regions and near oceans and lakes?
loess
What are a common form of wind deposits in desert regions and near oceans and lakes?
loess
Are common form of wind deposit in desert regions and near oceans and lakes?
loess
Are a common form of wind deposit in desert regions and near oceans and lakes?
loess
Why is the Huang River yellow?
The Huang he is yellow due to the sediment that has been take from the loess plateau near the source of the river. This causes it to be yellow
What is mass of rock and soil deposited directly by a glacier called?
A till.
What is a ridge at the farthest point reached by a glacier?
This is known as a Lateral moraine. Please see the related link for more information.
What is loess deposits?
Loess is deposited by wind.
How might a glacier form a lake?
by melting
