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<p> Masses of rock which become detached from the hill-side and find lodgment on a glacier are so called, and are further described as lateral, medial, terminal, or ground moraines, according as they lie along its edges, its middle, are piled up in mounds at its end, or falling down crevasses, are ground against the rock underneath. </p> | <p> Masses of rock which become detached from the hill-side and find lodgment on a glacier are so called, and are further described as lateral, medial, terminal, or ground moraines, according as they lie along its edges, its middle, are piled up in mounds at its end, or falling down crevasses, are ground against the rock underneath. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_76878"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/moraines Moraines from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_76878"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/moraines Moraines from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:44, 15 October 2021
Moraines [1]
Masses of rock which become detached from the hill-side and find lodgment on a glacier are so called, and are further described as lateral, medial, terminal, or ground moraines, according as they lie along its edges, its middle, are piled up in mounds at its end, or falling down crevasses, are ground against the rock underneath.
