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3.2.2.5 Crevasse Deposit

A crevasse deposit is a short ridge of material formed by the filling a crevasse in the ice. The material is usually sand and gravel which is poorly sorted, water-laid, and poorly to somewhat stratified. Although these ridges can have a preferred orientation, crevasse deposits often are not oriented parallel to previous ice-flow.


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Zumberge, J. H. and C. A. Nelson.
Elements of Physical Geology.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1976.
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