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Glacial erratic

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 the Latin word errare ("to wander"), are carried by glacial ice, often over distances of hundreds of kilometres. Erratics can range in size from pebbles to large boulders such as Big Rock (16,500…

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Glacial erratic

Nodes194
Edges193
Triples13
Avg. degree1.99
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Glacial erratic

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related to External links · 5
Glacial erratic → Glacial, Media, Museum, Wikimedia Commons Royal Alberta, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
see also · 3
Glacial erratic → Balancing, Puget Sound, RockWillamette Meteorite
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Glacial erratic → glacially deposited rock differing from the type of rock native to the area in which it rests

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Glacial erraticis aglacially deposited rock differing from the type of rock native to the area in which it rests0.90text
Big Rockinstance ofErratics can range in size from pebbles to large boulders0.80text
Lake Missoulainstance ofwhich allows quantification of the extent of glacial flooding resulting from ice dam failures which release the waters stored in proglacial lakes0.80text
that created when the ice dam broke during the Missoula floodsinstance ofby a flood0.80text
then the erratics are deposited where the ice finally releases its debris loadinstance ofby a flood0.80text
Glacial erraticrelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
Glacial erraticrelated to External linksMedia0.60section
Glacial erraticrelated to External linksGlacial0.60section
Glacial erraticrelated to External linksWikimedia Commons Royal Alberta0.60section
Glacial erraticrelated to External linksMuseum0.60section
Glacial erraticsee alsoBalancing0.60section
Glacial erraticsee alsoPuget Sound0.60section

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