Sandur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A sandur (plural sandar) is a glacial outwash plain formed of sediments deposited by meltwater at the terminus of a glacier. Sandur are found in glaciated areas, such as Svalbard, Kerguelen Islands,...
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Glacial Outwash Plain ; Southeast Alaska ; August 1996...
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geoimages.berkeley.edu/Geoimages/Johnson/Landforms/Glac...
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Glacial outwash occurs south of the moraines as a broad, relatively flat plains. Soils formed in glacial outwash or in contrasting materials over stratified sand and gravel are on outwash plains. Slopes are generally less than 3 percent.
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www.chipr.sunysb.edu/eserc/longis/outwash.html
www.chipr.sunysb.edu/eserc/longis/outwash.html
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0026 - Sediment-laden artesian springs emerging from outwash-covered stagnant ice ... 0034 - Medial moraines of contrasting composition and pro-glacial outwash plain ... 0135 - Braided drainage on an outwash delta...
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www.isgs.illinois.edu/shilts/shilts-outwash.shtml
www.isgs.illinois.edu/shilts/shilts-outwash.shtml
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The Pine Moraines and Outwash Plains are a subsection within the Laurentian Mixed Forest province of Minnesota, the landform, bedrock geology, soils, climate, hydrology, presettlement and present vegetation, natural disturbance and the conservation corncerns of this area are all addressed. ... Present vegetation and land use...
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www.dnr.state.mn.us/ecs/212Nc/index.html
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Brady Glacier and its outwash plain, southern Alaska. ... Where the ground is relatively flat, the sediment builds up in an outwash plain and the meltwater streams wander over it in a braided pattern, helpless to dig into the sedimentary abundance. ... Another name for an outwash plain is sandur, from the Icelandic.
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geology.about.com/library/bl/images/bloutwash.htm
geology.about.com/library/bl/images/bloutwash.htm
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about outwash. outwash. Information about outwash in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... Outwash is usually well sorted, the particles being deposited by the meltwater according to their size – the largest are deposited next to the snout while finer particles are deposited further downstream.
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encyclopedia.farlex.com/outwash
encyclopedia.farlex.com/outwash
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kettle A shallow basin or bowl shaped depression formed when a large block of ice is buried in outwash or diamicton during ablation. Upon melting and dewatering of the sediment the hole left by the block may become a kettle-lake or a kettle-depression.
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The Physical Environment ... Outwash plain in Copper River Region, Alaska ... Outwash Plain - a flat or gently sloping surface composed of glacio-fluvial deposits (stratified drift).
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www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/glossary/O_R/outwash_pl...
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