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Keywords: Moraine, Glacier, Recedes, Retreat, Halt

Related Terms: Bergschrund, Crevasse, Drumlin, Glacial, Glaciate, Glaciation, Glacier, Iceberg, Icefall, Kame, Moraine, Neve, Nunatak, Regelation, SéRac, Stagnation, Terminus, Terminal Moraine, Calving, Firn, Erratics, Proglacial Lake, JöKulhlaup, Till Plain, Ice Stream, Moulin, Kettle , Plucking, Piedmont Glacier, Polar Glacier, Ice Field, Lateral Moraine, Glacial Lake, End Moraine, Glaciology, Kettle Hole, Glacial Striations, Ground Moraine, Accumulation, Glaciated, Glacial Drift, Medial Moraine, Nev, Rock Glacier, Tidewater Glacier, Corn Snow, Retreat, Cirque Glacier, Glacial Erratic

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A ridge of till deposited at the margin of a glacier during a period of temporary stability in its general recession.

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A ridge of glacial sediment that forms when the terminus of a retreating glacier remains at or near a single location for a period of time sufficient for a cross-valley accumulation to form.

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A moraine that formed where the ice margin stabilizes during a general retreat of the glacier See: moraine

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A moraine, composed of concentric arc-shaped ridges, left behind as a glacier recedes

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An end moraine, built during a temporary but significant halt in the final retreat of a glacier.

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The end moraine that forms when a glacier stalls for a while as it recedes.

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a terminal moraine formed when a receding glacier halts temporarily. [AHDOS

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