lateral moraine
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lateral moraine — n. MORAINE … English World dictionary
lateral moraine — noun : a moraine deposited by a glacier at its side * * * Geol. a moraine formed at the side of a glacier. * * * lateral moraine, stripes of dirty ice and loose rock along the edge of a glacier … Useful english dictionary
lateral moraine — A ridge like moraine carried on and deposited at the side margin of a valley glacier. It is composed chiefly of rock fragments derived from valley walls by glacial abrasion and plucking, or colluvial accumulation from adjacent slopes. GG … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
lateral moraine — A glacial deposit at the flank of a glacier, often constituted by debris from valley walls [16] … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
Moraine — Mo*raine , n. [F. Cf. Prov. G. mur stones broken off, It. mora a heap of stones, hillock, G. m[ u]rbe soft, broken up, OHG. muruwi, AS. mearu tender, Gr. ? to cause to wither, Skr. ml[=a] to relax.] (Geol.) An accumulation of earth and stones… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
moraine — [mə rān′, môrān′] n. [Fr < dial. morêna < morre, muzzle, akin to Sp morro, snout, headland < VL * murru, echoic word for snout] a mound, ridge, or mass of rocks, gravel, sand, clay, etc. carried and deposited directly by a glacier, along … English World dictionary
Moraine — This article is about geological phenomena. For other uses, see Moraine (disambiguation). A moraine is any glacially formed accumulation of unconsolidated glacial debris (soil and rock) which can occur in currently glaciated and formerly… … Wikipedia
moraine — morainal, morainic, adj. /meuh rayn /, n. 1. a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay. 2. a deposit of such material left on the ground by a glacier. [1780 90; < F < Savoyard dial.… … Universalium
moraine — debris deposited by a glacier. Three main types: terminal moraine marks the furthest point the glacier reached as it ulldozed material ahead of the ice mass. lateral moraine deposits of load carried at the edges of the glacier. medial… … Geography glossary
moraine — [ glacial geology ] a) [ material ] A mound, ridge, or other topographically distinct accumulation of unsorted, unstratified glacial drift, predominantly till, deposited primarily by the direct action of glacier ice, in a variety of… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
