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Monday 7 January 2019

"Till boulder" on James Ross Island



Now for something completely different -- a boulder made of "diamictite" (let's call it till) in a boulder train on James Ross Island, Antarctica.  It did not fall onto a glacier surface, and so it must have been excavated by over-riding ice in a deeply frozen state -- and then transported rather delicately by the glacier........

I have never seen this phenomenon before!  Further info here:
http://www.antarcticglaciers.org/glacial-geology/glacial-landforms/glacial-landsystems-on-james-ross-island/#jp-carousel-5863

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