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esker: a standalone construct

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Glacial geomorphology

a long sinuous ridge of sand and gravel deposited by meltwater in channels beneath or within a glacier.

In glacial geomorphology, esker refers to a long sinuous ridge of sand and gravel deposited by meltwater in channels beneath or within a glacier. This meaning comes from Storrar (2014) in Quaternary Science Reviews.[1]

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References

Storrar, R. D., Stokes, C. R., & Evans, D. J. A. (2014). Morphometry and pattern of a large sample (>20,000) of Canadian eskers and implications for subglacial drainage beneath ice sheets. Quaternary Science Reviews, 105, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.09.013

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