Transporting Debris
- Created by: Ali Bland
- Created on: 17-03-15 12:39
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- Transporting Debris
- Supraglacial Debris
- Carried on the surface of the glacier as moraine
- Consists of material which has fallen on to the glacier from the surrounding valley sides
- Englacial Debris
- Material carried within the body of the glacier
- The material may once have been on the surface only to be buried by later snowfalls or fallen through crevasses
- Subglacial Debris
- Debris is moved along the floor of the valley either by the ice or by meltwater streams caused by PMP
- Supraglacial Debris
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