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unpack: moraine #10

Open brandonnodnarb opened 6 years ago

brandonnodnarb commented 6 years ago

several types of moraines exist---these are not necessarily created or deposited by the same mechanisms

Garybc commented 6 years ago

I had some ideas on this for Issue 2: For more completeness we have material type differences and process differences and features like Till landforms made from them.

Till landforms include Drumlins - Smooth elongated parallel hills Moraines -I figured we would wait on things like this, but there are several types like end moraine, lateral moraines, ground moraine: (left from retreating glacier)

end moraine: ridge of till at end of stable glacier terminal moraine: outermost lateral moraine: debris on side of glacier medial moraine: from 2 glaciers joining