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What are eskers, and how do they form? What will be an ideal response?

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Briefly explain the origin of drumlins What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

Eskers are long, sinuous ridges of stratified drift. They form in tunnels beneath stagnant ice and in
meltwater channels on the surface of glaciers



Answer to Question 2

Drumlins form beneath moving ice that molded glacial drift into a characteristic streamlined shape




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Reply 2 on: Jul 15, 2018
Wow, this really help


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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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