Terminus Type
What type of glacier would produce a glacial terminus landform?
Is this really a homework question??? Its terrible! Did you transcribe it correctly?
I *think* the point of the question is to lead you to understand that glaciers deposit moraines at their terminus. Glaciers are like conveyor belts–they move rocks and sand/gravel/silt/etc from their origin point to a point farther down the glacier. The farthest point to which a glacier reaches is called its ‘terminal position.’ Therefore, the moraine farthest from where the glacier originates is the ‘terminal moraine.’ However (to complicate things), glaciers like to “stop” and “start” (not literally!)–so they deposit moraines whenever the terminus of the glacier sits in one position for awhile. These are called recessional moraines–they are left as the glacier is retreating. You will never see advancing moraines (not even sure that’s a real term)–they get bulldozed by the glacier as it advances.
BOTH types of glaciers (alpine and continental) deposit material at their terminus. The landforms most common at the terminus of a glacier are moraines (or end moraines).
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