About the Book: Glacial Process Sedimentology
In general, the deposits associated with both alpine glaciers and continental
ice sheets are similar. Both deposit their eroded debris in their downstream
portions or as the melt back or "retreat" that refers to the front or outer edge
of the ice, not to a change in the direction of movement. The glacier is still
moving downward or outward by the pull of gravity and the weight of the
overlying snow. Glaciers are powerful enough to carry tiny and huge rock debris,
and when they drop it, the ice drops it indiscriminately. Thus, material
deposited by ice is unsorted or