moraine

• “The moraine, therefore, consists wholly of nether-formed and nether-borne severely triturated materials (_moraine profunde_).”

  The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter

• “Given the reality or, if you prefer, possibility of global warming, it may be that we'll all be using the word moraine as much as "credit," both related to a meltdown.”

  The Union - All Categories

• “During the Wisconsinian glaciation, most of the northern hemisphere was covered with ice up to 2 miles thick as far south as Des Moines, Iowa where the state capitol was built on the terminal moraine, which is hundreds of feet thick.”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » SuperFreakonomic War of Words Over Warming

• “That Joe Simpson hello Joe if you're reading was able to drag himself through the moraine is a tale of human endurance.”

  Touching Duh Void

• “I agree that the moraine is the maximum of the ice from the LIA.”

  Quelccaya Plant Deposits Again « Climate Audit

• “The name of the park refers to the geologic formation moraine, which is the boulders, stones, and debris from a glacier.”

  Archive 2005-05-01

• “The terminal moraine, which is the one that closed up the lake, separating and raising it above the level of Lake Tahoe, is a less noble mound, yet geologically it allures the mind and demands study as much as the others.”

  The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter

• “In general, this material, which is called moraine, is distributed in bands parallel to the sides of the glaciers, and the strips may amount to a half dozen or more.”

  Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography

• “At the foot of the moraine was a Tibetan camp of broad, black, yak-hair tents, stretched out with a complicated system of ropes, and looking at a distance -- (to borrow M. Huc's graphic simile) -- like fat-bodied, long-legged spiders!”

  Himalayan Journals — Complete

• “Behind the moraine is a lake-bed, now converted into a level meadow, which rests on a deep layer of mould.”

  Fragments of science, V. 1-2

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