Glacial landforms created by deposition
The name given to all material deposited by a glacier is called glacial till or All material deposited by a glacier.. Deposited material creates a range of interesting features such as:
- A large rock fragment transported by ice away from its place of origin. - these are rocks that have been deposited by the glacier. They are usually made of a rock type that would not be found in that area. This suggests that erratics can be carried a long way from an area of different geology.
- A mound of deposited moraine. - glaciers can move The debris, rocks and materials that a glacier has picked up, transported and then deposited. around in unusual ways which produce interesting features. Drumlins are mounds of deposited moraine. They have a steep side and a sloping side. They can be small or large. They are sometimes described as having a 'basket of eggs' topography because of the unusual landscape they create.