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    A glacial erratic is a glacially deposited rock differing from the type of rock native to the area in which it rests. Erratics, which take their name from...
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    Ice age (redirect from Glacial Epoch)
    scouring and scratching, glacial moraines, drumlins, valley cutting, and the deposition of till or tillites and glacial erratics. Successive glaciations...
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    of Sec. 21, Township 20, Range 1, West 5th Meridian. Big Rock is a glacial erratic that is part of a 930 km (580 mi) long, narrow (1.00 to 22.05 km (0...
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    250 kilometres (150 miles) away in Wales, either through glaciation (glacial erratic theory) or through humans organizing their transportation. A summary...
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    Pleistocene (redirect from Glacial epoch)
    period. The end of the Pleistocene corresponds with the end of the last glacial period and also with the end of the Paleolithic age used in archaeology...
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  • Stones of Scotland Glacial erratic boulders of Island County, Washington Glacial erratic boulders of King County, Washington Glacial erratic boulders of Kitsap...
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    The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), also referred to as the Last Glacial Coldest Period, was the most recent time during the Last Glacial Period where ice...
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  • Look up erratic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Erratic may refer to: Erratic, a project of music artist Jan Robbe Glacial erratic, a piece of rock...
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    Trygław (IPA: [trɨg.wav]) is the largest glacial erratic in Poland and one of the largest in Europe. It is located in the town of Tychowo, in Gmina Tychowo...
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    the south(west). Features: strandlines along the valleys east flank. Glacial erratic on the grounds of the University of Montana Strandlines can be seen...
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    Glacier (redirect from Glacial)
    material upon which they are found. Patterns of glacial erratics hint at past glacial motions. Glacial moraines are formed by the deposition of material...
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    Glacial erratic boulders of Estonia are large boulders of rock which have been formed and moved into Estonia by glacial action during previous ice ages...
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    last glacial period, which had caused isostatic depression. Post-glacial rebound and isostatic depression are phases of glacial isostasy (glacial isostatic...
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    U-shaped subsection of the Laurentia craton signifying the area of greatest glacial impact (scraping down to bare rock) creating the thin soils. The age of...
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    these large boulders, the directions of the individual glacial streams may be determined. Such erratics on Rügen, which are made of crystalline and metamorphic...
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    small boulders that were transported within the ice, called glacial till or glacial erratic. Examples of U-shaped valleys are found in mountainous regions...
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    Pennsylvania, which was founded by Quaker settlers from Soulbury. A glacial erratic lies in a road in the parish. The stone originated in Derbyshire, and...
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    The Last Glacial Period (LGP), also known colloquially as the Last Ice Age or simply Ice Age, occurred from the end of the Last Interglacial to the end...
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    are glacial erratics that lie upon a surficial blanket of Late Wisconsin glacial till. The largest glacial erratic within the Foothills Erratics Train...
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    features. Types of feature that the term has been applied to include: Glacial erratic A boulder that was transported and deposited by glaciers or ice rafts...
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    Skystone (category Glacial erratics of Washington (state))
    The Skystone is an andesite glacial erratic boulder in Bonney Lake, Washington. The boulder was deposited approximately 13,000 years ago. The stone's...
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    coordinates) Glacial erratic boulders of King County are large glacial erratic boulders of rock which were moved into King County, Washington by glacial action...
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  • Many glacial erratic boulders (often simply called glacial erratics) can be found in the Puget Sound region as far south as the Yelm area where the Puget...
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    be built. In October 2017, at a depth of 10 m (33 ft), a 60 tonne glacial erratic was excavated at the construction site. It was pulled out using a specialized...
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    average temperature lasting thousands of years that separates consecutive glacial periods within an ice age. The current Holocene interglacial began at the...
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    describe long sinuous ridges, which are now known to be deposits of fluvio-glacial material. The best-known example of such an eiscir is the Eiscir Riada...
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    Wedgwood Rock is a glacial erratic (known to geologists as the Wedgwood Erratic) near the neighborhood of Wedgwood in Seattle, Washington. Its mineral...
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  • Younger Dryas (category Last Glacial Maximum)
    event which marked a return to glacial conditions, temporarily reversing the climatic warming of the preceding Late Glacial Interstadial (also known as the...
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    Omars, are a distinctive type of glacial erratic that consists of dark siliceous greywacke and exhibits prominent rounded, often deep, hemispherical voids...
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    Coast of the United States (Cadillac Mountain), exposed granite domes, glacial erratics, U-shaped valleys, and cobble beaches. Its mountains, lakes, streams...
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