outwash — /owt wosh , wawsh /, n. Geol. the material, chiefly sand or gravel, deposited by meltwater streams in front of a glacier. [1890 95; OUT + WASH] * * * Deposit of sand and gravel carried by running water from the melting ice of a glacier and laid… … Universalium
Outwash fan — An outwash fan is a fan shaped body of sediments deposited by braided streams from a melting glacier. Sediment locked within the ice of the glacier, gets transported by the streams of meltwater, and deposits on the outwash plain, at the terminus… … Wikipedia
outwash plain — noun also outwash apron : a plain constructed of outwash that is ordinarily found on and beyond the distal side of a terminal or recessional moraine and that generally consists of a number of coalescing outwash fans * * * Geol. a broad, sloping… … Useful english dictionary
outwash plain — Geol. a broad, sloping landform built of coalesced deposits of outwash. [1930 35] * * * … Universalium
outwash — noun Date: 1894 detritus consisting chiefly of gravel and sand carried by running water from the melting ice of a glacier and laid down in stratified deposits … New Collegiate Dictionary
fluvioglacial deposits — fliuvioglacialinės nuosėdos statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Ledyno tirpsmo vandenų srautų suklotos sluoksniuotos nuosėdos, susidariusios iš gargždo, žvirgždo ir įstrižai sluoksniuoto įvairiagrūdžio smėlio. atitikmenys: angl … Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
pitted outwash — Outwash deposits with surficial pits or kettles, produced by the partial or complete burial of glacial ice by outwash and the subsequent thaw of the ice and collapse of the surficial materials. Compare: pitted outwash plain. GG … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
Kankakee Outwash Plain — The Kankakee Outwash Plain is a flat plain in the Kankakee River valley in northwestern Indiana and northeastern Illinois. It is just south of the Valparaiso Moraine. It was formed during the Wisconsin Glaciation. As the glacier, stopped at the… … Wikipedia
glacial landform — ▪ geology Introduction any product of flowing ice and meltwater. Such landforms are being produced today in glaciated areas, such as Greenland, Antarctica, and many of the world s higher mountain ranges. In addition, large expansions of present… … Universalium
Schmelzwasserablagerungen — fliuvioglacialinės nuosėdos statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Ledyno tirpsmo vandenų srautų suklotos sluoksniuotos nuosėdos, susidariusios iš gargždo, žvirgždo ir įstrižai sluoksniuoto įvairiagrūdžio smėlio. atitikmenys: angl … Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
