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Figure 5.12. Glaciotectonic structures in fluvioglacial deposits. Isaba, Western Pyrenees, Spain.
Table 5.1. A classification of fluvioglacial deposits and forms (Price, 1973).
Dominant
Environment General form
Relationship to ice
Genetic term
sediment
Ice-contact deposits
Sand and gravel Fluvial
Ridge
Sand and gravel Fluvial
Mound
Sand and gravel Fluvial
Sand and gravel Fluvial
Silt and clay
Lacustrine
Sand and gravel Lacustrine
Clay, sand, and Lacustrine
gravel
Sand and clay
Marine
Sand and gravel Marine
Clay, sand, and Marine
gravel
Spread with
depressions
Proglacial Deposits
Spread
Spread
Terraces, ridges
Terrace
Spread
Terrace, ridges
Terrace
Marginal, subglacial
Esker
Englacial, supraglacial
Marginal, subglacial
Kame
Englacial, supraglacial Kame complex
Marginal
Kettled sandur
Proglacial
Sandur
Proglacial/marginal
Lake plain
Proglacial/marginal
Beach
Proglacial/marginal
Delta
Proglacial/marginal
Proglacial/marginal
Proglacial/marginal
Raised mud flat
Raised beach
Raised dalta