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The Kettle Moraines (53b) ecoregion contains a higher concentration of lakes with lower trophic states than in the rest of the Southeastern Wisconsin Till Plains (53).
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Much of the Chippewa Lobe Rocky Ground Moraines (50g) ecoregion is comprised of productive but rocky soils, scattered wetlands, extensive eskers and drumlins, and outwash plains.
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Lake size and density are less than in the physiographically similar Kettle Moraines (53b), but are much greater than in the physiographically distinct Illinois/Indiana Prairies (54a) and Chicago Lake Plain (54b).
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The lake and till plains of Ecoregion 54e are found near the Lake Michigan shore, and contain beaches, sand dunes, swales, low sandy beach ridges, and bluffs; physiography is distinct from the neighboring Valparaiso Morainal Complex (54f) and Kettle Moraines (53b).
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It is nearly level to hilly, and is physiographically distinct from the hummocky, lake - and marsh-studded Kettle Moraines (53b).
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Some glacial tongues descend relatively low, and those of Aletsch and Grindelwald advanced lower than any other glacier in the Alps. Moraines deposited as a result of this movement, show that the Aletsch glacier has been retreating since 1850.
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Moraines and the numbered sample sites for radiometric dates coinciding with Table 1 are shown.
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Moraines consisting of till bulldozed by the glaciers from the LIA advance are readily discerned on surface photographs.
Thoughts on Alpine Glacier Stratigraphy « Climate Audit 2006
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Moraines consisting of till bulldozed by the glaciers from the LIA advance are readily discerned on surface photographs.
Thoughts on Alpine Glacier Stratigraphy « Climate Audit 2006
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Moraines deposited less than 394 cal yr BP in the Cordillera Vilcanota and less than 300 cal yr BP on the west side of the Quelccaya Ice Cap correlate with Little Ice Age moraines in other regions.
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