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    A glacial erratic is a glacially deposited rock differing from the type of rock native to the area in which it rests. Erratics, which take their name from...
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    of Sec. 21, Township 20, Range 1, West 5th Meridian. Big Rock is a glacial erratic that is part of a 930 km (580 mi) long, narrow (1.00 to 22.05 km (0...
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    Ice age (redirect from Glacial Epoch)
    scouring and scratching, glacial moraines, drumlins, valley cutting, and the deposition of till or tillites and glacial erratics. Successive glaciations...
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    250 kilometres (150 miles) away in Wales, either through glaciation (glacial erratic theory) or through humans organizing their transportation. A summary...
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    Pleistocene (redirect from Glacial epoch)
    period. The end of the Pleistocene corresponds with the end of the last glacial period and also with the end of the Paleolithic age used in archaeology...
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    Glacial erratic boulders of Estonia are large boulders of rock which have been formed and moved into Estonia by glacial action during previous ice ages...
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    Pennsylvania, which was founded by Quaker settlers from Soulbury. A glacial erratic lies in a road in the parish. The stone originated in Derbyshire, and...
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    Trygław (IPA: [trɨg.wav]) is the largest glacial erratic in Poland and one of the largest in Europe. It is located in the town of Tychowo, in Gmina Tychowo...
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    the south(west). Features: strandlines along the valleys east flank. Glacial erratic on the grounds of the University of Montana Strandlines can be seen...
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  • Many glacial erratic boulders (often simply called glacial erratics) can be found in the Puget Sound region as far south as the Yelm area where the Puget...
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    The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), also referred to as the Last Glacial Coldest Period, was the most recent time during the Last Glacial Period where ice...
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  • Stones of Scotland Glacial erratic boulders of Island County, Washington Glacial erratic boulders of King County, Washington Glacial erratic boulders of Kitsap...
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    these large boulders, the directions of the individual glacial streams may be determined. Such erratics on Rügen, which are made of crystalline and metamorphic...
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    last glacial period, which had caused isostatic depression. Post-glacial rebound and isostatic depression are phases of glacial isostasy (glacial isostatic...
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    Wedgwood Rock is a glacial erratic (known to geologists as the Wedgwood Erratic) near the neighborhood of Wedgwood in Seattle, Washington. Its mineral...
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    Rock Corral on the Barlow Road (category Glacial erratics of Oregon)
    The Rock Corral on the Barlow Road is a glacial erratic, on Oregon's Barlow Road, itself a new route on the Oregon Trail. It is on the way to Marmot,...
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    Glacier (redirect from Glacial)
    material upon which they are found. Patterns of glacial erratics hint at past glacial motions. Glacial moraines are formed by the deposition of material...
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  • Look up erratic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Erratic may refer to: Erratic, a project of music artist Jan Robbe Glacial erratic, a piece of rock...
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    coordinates) Glacial erratic boulders of King County are large glacial erratic boulders of rock which were moved into King County, Washington by glacial action...
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    The Last Glacial Period (LGP), also known colloquially as the Last Ice Age or simply the Ice Age, occurred from the end of the Last Interglacial to the...
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    are glacial erratics that lie upon a surficial blanket of Late Wisconsin glacial till. The largest glacial erratic within the Foothills Erratics Train...
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    features. Types of feature that the term has been applied to include: Glacial erratic A boulder that was transported and deposited by glaciers or ice rafts...
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    small boulders that were transported within the ice, called glacial till or glacial erratic. Examples of U-shaped valleys are found in mountainous regions...
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    be built. In October 2017, at a depth of 10 m (33 ft), a 60 tonne glacial erratic was excavated at the construction site. It was pulled out using a specialized...
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    The Norber erratics are one of the finest groups of glacial erratic boulders in Britain. They are found on the southern slopes of Ingleborough, close to...
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    The glacial history of Minnesota is most defined since the onset of the last glacial period, which ended some 10,000 years ago. Within the last million...
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    Frog Rock (Bainbridge Island, Washington) (category Glacial erratics of Washington (state))
    Frog Rock is a glacial erratic on Bainbridge Island, Washington. The frog shape is made of two stacked granite boulders, painted by a pair of local residents...
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    Omars, are a distinctive type of glacial erratic that consists of dark siliceous greywacke and exhibits prominent rounded, often deep, hemispherical voids...
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    average temperature lasting thousands of years that separates consecutive glacial periods within an ice age. The current Holocene interglacial began at the...
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    The Penultimate Glacial Period (PGP) is the glacial period that occurred before the Last Glacial Period. The penultimate glacial period is officially unnamed...
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