Which glacial deposit will likely be deposited farthest away from the glacial terminus?

Which glacial deposit will likely be deposited farthest away from the glacial terminus?

TERMINAL MORAINE

What is the rock material deposited by glaciers as they melt and retreat?

Melting glaciers deposit all the big and small bits of rocky material they are carrying in a pile. These unsorted deposits of rock are called glacial till. A large boulder dropped by a glacier is a glacial erratic.

Are river deposits sorted?

Glacial deposits are sorted, and river deposits are unsorted.

How do poorly sorted and well sorted sediments differ?

Very poorly sorted indicates that the sediment sizes are mixed (large variance); whereas well sorted indicates that the sediment sizes are similar (low variance).

Which part of the river does sand get deposited?

A bar in a river is an elevated region of sediment (such as sand or gravel) that has been deposited by the flow. Types of bars include mid-channel bars (also called braid bars, and common in braided rivers), point bars (common in meandering rivers), and mouth bars (common in river deltas).

How did sediment get deposited on a beach?

As a river meets the sea, the sediment it carries is deposited in a fan-like formation called a delta. As longshore drift picks up and transports the sediment, it can be carried and deposited down current to form shoreline sediment features such as sand bars, spits, and barrier islands.

What kind of rock was deposited first?

Sedimentary rocks

How can you tell which rock layer is the oldest?

The principle of superposition states that the oldest sedimentary rock units are at the bottom, and the youngest are at the top. Based on this, layer C is oldest, followed by B and A.

Is the extrusion older or younger than rock layer B?

Is the extrusion older or younger than rock layer B? The extrusion is younger because extrusions are always younger than the rock layers below them.

At which location is the oldest rock most likely to be found?

Bedrock along the northeast coast of Hudson Bay, Canada, has the oldest rock on Earth. Canadian bedrock more than 4 billion years old may be the oldest known section of the Earth’s early crust.

How old is the oldest rock on Earth?

4.28 billion years old