The release and accumulation of rock debris that a glacier has eroded and transported, dropped either directly from melting ice as unsorted till or reworked and sorted by glacial meltwater into stratified outwash sediment. It builds landforms including moraines, drumlins, eskers and outwash plains across formerly glaciated terrain.
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1. Glacier (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia infobox 'Lead section' = 'A glacier (US: ; UK: or ) is a persistent body of natural ice, ...' on 'Glacier'View the Source 2. Glacial erratic - Wikipedia
Formation of Erratics sectionQuote, Formation of Erratics section
large masses of rock, often as big as a house, that have been transported by glacier ice
3. Ice Age (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHistory of research sectionQuote, History of research section
In July 1837 Agassiz presented their synthesis before the annual meeting of the Swiss Society for Natural Research at Neuchatel.
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