Deposition landforms. Flashcards

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Drumlins.

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  • Plucking freeze thaw weathering put rocks into the glacier.
  • Glacier moves due to rotational slip.
  • Carries sediment.
  • Struggles to carry load.
  • Comes across obstacle and deposits material.
  • Glacier moves over the material and smooths it creating a sots and lee slope.
  • Drumlin swarm.
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Morraine.

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  • Plucking freeze thaw weathering put rocks into the glacier.
  • Glacier moves due to rotational slip.
  • Carries sediment.
  • Struggles to carry load.
  • Deposits medial, lateral, recessional and terminal.
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