SEE: Glaciation: 2A.8B
- Created by: MaggieNaylor
- Created on: 09-03-22 20:27
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- 2A.8B: Lowland depositional features
- Till plains- extensive plains of unsorted glacial material
- When a sheet of ice detaches from a glacier and melts in situ, it deposits the sediment it was carrying, creating a till plain
- The till levels our the topography, to create a flat landscape
- EXAMPLE: Lake Erie, Northern Ohio
- Till
- Lodgement
- Till that is deposited under the ice, it is usually structureless
- Dropped by moving glaciers
- Ablation
- Till deposited by melting ice
- Either stagnant/retreating ice
- Till deposited by melting ice
- Lodgement
- Till plains- extensive plains of unsorted glacial material
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