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Glacial Deposition |
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| Glaciers, such as this icy formation in Switzerland, deposit materials as they grow and shrink. Glacial deposition is a process that includes the deposits laid down by the glaciers and the landforms that these deposits form. Glaciers transport till, materials such as rocks, sand, and clay. Till collects to form features such as terminal and lateral moraines. | ||||||
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| Erosion; Earth (planet); Glacier; Switzerland; Deposit (geology); Paleoclimatology; Pleistocene Epoch; Geomorphology | ||||||
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