(CN) — Traces of the world's oldest glaciers have been found under its largest gold deposits, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Geochemical Perspectives Letters.. Ilya Bindeman, ...

These glacial deposits were of two kinds: Till - mixed or unstratified materials directly deposited by ice. Examples of till deposits include drumlins, moraines and erratics.

Glacial deposits can be difficult to identify in deep time. Massive sheets of ice will scour the terrain down to bare rock, leaving behind loosely consolidated bits of rubble that can easily be ...

Salt deposits, shown in light blue, preserve where a glacier likely existed near the Martian equator. NASA MRO HiRISE/CRISM False Color Composite Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter.

Because the ground along the Mendenhall River is largely made up of loose glacial deposits, it's especially susceptible to erosion, Hood said.

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Because the ground along the Mendenhall River is largely made up of loose glacial deposits, it’s especially susceptible to erosion, Hood said.

An iceberg floats in front of the Mendenhall Glacier on June 8, 2023, in Juneau, Alaska. Mendenhall Lake separates the glacier from the visitor center area, where buses drop tourists.