lateral moraine
1lateral moraine — n. MORAINE …
2lateral moraine — noun : a moraine deposited by a glacier at its side * * * Geol. a moraine formed at the side of a glacier. * * * lateral moraine, stripes of dirty ice and loose rock along the edge of a glacier …
3lateral moraine — Geol. a moraine formed at the side of a glacier. * * * …
4lateral moraine — A ridge like moraine carried on and deposited at the side margin of a valley glacier. It is composed chiefly of rock fragments derived from valley walls by glacial abrasion and plucking, or colluvial accumulation from adjacent slopes. GG …
5lateral moraine — A glacial deposit at the flank of a glacier, often constituted by debris from valley walls [16] …
6Moraine — Mo*raine , n. [F. Cf. Prov. G. mur stones broken off, It. mora a heap of stones, hillock, G. m[ u]rbe soft, broken up, OHG. muruwi, AS. mearu tender, Gr. ? to cause to wither, Skr. ml[=a] to relax.] (Geol.) An accumulation of earth and stones… …
7moraine — [mə rān′, môrān′] n. [Fr < dial. morêna < morre, muzzle, akin to Sp morro, snout, headland < VL * murru, echoic word for snout] a mound, ridge, or mass of rocks, gravel, sand, clay, etc. carried and deposited directly by a glacier, along …
8Moraine — This article is about geological phenomena. For other uses, see Moraine (disambiguation). A moraine is any glacially formed accumulation of unconsolidated glacial debris (soil and rock) which can occur in currently glaciated and formerly… …
9moraine — morainal, morainic, adj. /meuh rayn /, n. 1. a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay. 2. a deposit of such material left on the ground by a glacier. [1780 90; < F < Savoyard dial.… …
10moraine — debris deposited by a glacier. Three main types: terminal moraine marks the furthest point the glacier reached as it ulldozed material ahead of the ice mass. lateral moraine deposits of load carried at the edges of the glacier. medial… …