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end moraine

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end moraine [′end mə‚rān]
(geology)
An accumulation of drift in the form of a ridge along the border of a valley glacier or ice sheet.


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Flint noted Gilbert's pioneer work in mapping end moraines, followed in 1877 by the work of Chamberlin (for references and discussion see Alden, 1929).
The importance of these processes in the Saginaw Lobe region is supported by the presence of mixed stratified drift in chaotic form and the lack of uniform ground and end moraines (Gray 1989).
 
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