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erratics (noun) - Erratics are large boulders or rocks that differ from the surrounding rock and are believed to have been transported by glaciers
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Glacial erratics can be found in the area.
As a result of this several glacial erratics were uncovered.
Glacial erratics are scattered across the hillsides.
The retreating glacier also left eskers and erratics.
Patterns of glacial erratics hint at past glacial motions.
Erratics are large boulders that have been transported and deposited by glaciers.
A variety of glacial erratics were left by the melting glaciers.
There are also a number of large glacial erratics on the beach.
Carbonate erratics are uncommon in till above the marine limit.
It may also be used of large glacial erratics moved by natural forces.
Headquarter erratics are made of granite and can be the size of a house.
Rocks like this that have been transported in this way are called erratics.
These are believed to be glacial erratics or result from a similar glacier process.
The erratics are evidence of the impact of the ice age on the region.
We use the same dating method for huge boulders called erratics.
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Erratics are formed by glacial ice erosion resulting from the movement of ice.
The materials used for their construction are glacial erratics and red sandstones.
Erratics are located throughout and can easily be seen along the trails.
The final ice cover came from the northeast and mostly deposited limestone erratics.
Iceberg rafted glacial erratics and erosion features are evidence of these events.
I would like to thank Dr Ken Collins for valuable discussion on the erratics.
Today erratics are seen as natural monuments that are worth keeping and have a greater significance.
The gravel contains no Laurentide erratics and is thus preglacial.
Erratics on Earth were carried by similar means.
Geologists have found glacial erratics on Rattlesnake at heights up to this level.
It is the largest erratic in the Foothills Erratics Train.
The large glacial erratics that remain to this day are a hazard for sports boats.
In retreating, the glacier also left erratics of several metres high.
Many erratics fell victim to the development of Rügen.
The type of field stones left through glaciation, are known as glacial erratics.
The Norber erratics are classic geomorphological features from the glaciation of northern England.
From a dam leading southeastward views were possible into “ gorges ” adorned with erratics.
On many glacial erratics petroglyphs can be found, especially cup marks.
Look for geological formations such as pitting, glacial erratics and bedrock layering.
More erratics are noted in the area-specific lists in the navigation box.
Glaciers crack pieces of bedrock off in the process of plucking, producing the larger erratics.
When the ice melted, the erratics were left in their present locations.
The town is home to many glacial features including drumlins, eskers, and glacial erratics.
Erratics are relatively uncommon here, most of them lie east of the island of Rügen.
Some of the recordings that make up Erratics & Unconformities go back almost seven years.
You will see trees that are over 300 years old and a fascinating field of glacial erratics.
Washington glacial erratics project at University of Washington dept. of earth and space sciences.
The landscape consists of hills, moraines and melt-water deposits, supplemented with kettles and glacial erratics.
During the 18th century, erratics were deemed a major geological paradox.
Category, Glacial erratics.
Other exhibited items are glacial erratics and the carefully excavated roots of a 135-year-old tree.
After a while, the trail takes you to mossy erratics where a spruce forest ( 3 ) grows.
