Moraine:
The rocks and soil carried and deposited by a glacier. An "end moraine," either a ridge or low hill running perpendicular to the direction of ice movement, forms at the end of a glacier when the ice is melting.
moraine Landform made largely of till.
mountain glacier see valley glacier .
mud cracks Cracks, generally polygonal, caused by the shrinking of a deposit of clay or silt under surface conditions.
Moraine
Definition
A mound, ridge or other accumulation of glacial debris, deposited by direct action of glacier ice ...
Lateral moraine on a glacier joining the Gorner Glacier, Zermatt, Switzerland. The moraine is the high bank of debris in the top left hand quarter of the picture. For more explanation, click on the picture.
Stadial Moraine See recessional moraine. Stage The elevation of the water surface in a stream channel. Standard Atmospheric Pressure A pressure of 101.32 kilopascals or 1013.2 millibars.
Medial Moraine:
A streak of till in the center of a glacier. These are found downslope from the junction of two glaciers and are a merging of their lateral moraine deposits.
Medical Geology:
The study of human health related to geology.
Glaciers tend to have black streaks on their surfaces - these are medial moraine deposits formed as rock falls loose at the head of the glacier and continues this process over the years, ...
Jacquez, G. M., and D. T. Patten. 1996. Chesneya nubigena on a glacial moraine: A case of facilitation in primary succession? Mountain Research and Development, 16: 265-273.
Non-vegetative features - Glacial moraine, lava, sand, and gravel
Survey control and markers - Horizontal and vertical monuments (third order or better)
Manmade features - Cultural features, such as building, not collected in other data categories ...
 See also: Surface, Area, Map, Feature, Sediment
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