And, although the deposits are currently in Colorado's Front Range, at the time they resided much closer to the equator. In the icehouse Glacial deposits can be difficult to identify in deep time.

The deposits there usually contain light-colored sulfate salts. When scientists took a closer look, they recognized the features of a glacier, including ridges called moraines — debris deposited ...

Researchers theorize that the glacial deposits they studied may indicate a “snowball Earth,” an early global cooling period and how gold deposits formed.

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

Landscapes of glacial deposition Around 10,000 years ago as the ice age advance began to melt, glacial deposits or drift were left behind. These glacial deposits were of two kinds: ...

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Raging waters that ate away at riverbanks, destroyed at least two buildings and damaged others were receding Monday in Alaska’s capital after a Mendenhall Glacier dam outburst over the weekend.

The destruction that resulted from a glacial dam bursting in Alaska's capital highlights the danger such flooding poses around the world.

The destruction that resulted from a glacial dam bursting in Alaska's capital highlights the danger such flooding poses around the world ...

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