Glacial landforms created by deposition
The name given to all material deposited by a glacier is called glacial till or All material deposited by a glacier.. Deposited material creates a range of interesting features such as:
- Resistant crag of rock shaped by a glacier to have one smooth surface and one rough surface. - these have a steep and jagged face which has been created by A type of glacial erosion that occurs when ice freezes onto the landscape, ripping out rocks when it moves. on the sloping side (The sloping side of a drumlin.). On the steep side, (The steep side of a drumlin.) the land is smoothed and polished by the ice through A type of glacial erosion that occurs when rock fragments that are frozen into the bottom of a glacier scrape and erode the valley floor..
- A large rock fragment transported by ice away from its place of origin. - these are rocks that have been deposited by the glacier. They are usually made of a rock type that would not be found in that area. This suggests that erratics can be carried a long way from an area of different geology.
- A mound of deposited moraine. - glaciers can move The debris, rocks and materials that a glacier has picked up, transported and then deposited. around in unusual ways which produce interesting features. Drumlins are mounds of deposited moraine. They have a steep side and a sloping side. They can be small or large. They are sometimes described as having a 'basket of eggs' topography because of the unusual landscape they create.
- Outcrop of resistant rock with a steep-sided stoss end and a gentle sloping lee side. - outcrop of resistant rock with a steep-sided stoss end, created by plucking and a gentle, sloping lee side. This gentle slope is created by the deposition of moraine.