Glacial erosion includes processes that occur directly in association with the movement of glacial ice over its bed, such as abrasion, quarrying, and physical and chemical erosion by subglacial meltwater, as well as from the fluvial and mass wasting processes that are enhanced or modified by glaciation. What are theRead More →
Dump moraines form where debris flows or falls from a glacier surface due to gravity and accumulates at the ice front or side as a ridge. They form where the ice front is stationary and there is a regular supply of debris to the snout, normally due to the melt-outRead More →
Iceberg water has a light, airy taste like catching snowflakes on the tongue. It’s texture in the mouth is smooth and velvety. This is because of its near total lack of taste- or texture-adding minerals. It is not salty as the ice comes from ancient snow that compacted into glaciers.Read More →
The Great Lakes began to form at the end of the Last Glacial Period around 14,000 years ago, as retreating ice sheets exposed the basins they had carved into the land, which then filled with meltwater. What did the glaciers have to do with creating the Great Lakes? When glaciersRead More →