push moraine

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push moraine [′pu̇sh mə‚rān]

(geology)

A broad, smooth, arc-shaped ridge consisting of material mechanically pushed or shoved along by an advancing glacier. Also known as push-ridge moraine; shoved moraine; thrust moraine; upsetted moraine.

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