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Record 1 1988-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A flat-topped deposit of sand and gravel formed by, and at the mouth of, a glacial stream as it issued from an ice tunnel and flowed into a lake or sea; associated with an esker or ice-channel filling made at the same time.

OBS

sand plain: A term used in New England for an esker delta or delta Kame.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
CONT

Quelques dépôts seulement ont été cartographiés comme étant des eskers. (...) Les kettles, des chenaux d'eaux de fonte et des deltas d'eskers sont communément associés à cette forme.

Spanish

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