If the budget of a valley glacier were balanced for an extended timespan, what feature would you expect to find at the terminus of theglacier? Is it composed of till or stratified drift? Now assume that theglacier’s budget changes sothat wastage exceeds accumulation.How would the terminusof the glacier change?Describe the deposit youwould expect to form underthese conditions.

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If the budget of a valley glacier were balanced for an extended time
span, what feature would you expect to find at the terminus of the
glacier? Is it composed of till or stratified drift? Now assume that the
glacier’s budget changes so
that wastage exceeds accumulation.
How would the terminus
of the glacier change?
Describe the deposit you
would expect to form under
these conditions.

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