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Erratics

Erratics | Erratic

Erratics meaning

plural of erratic

Example sentences (4)

Evidence of past glaciers are visible throughout the park in the form of glacial erratics (large boulders dropped by the receding glacier) and north-south glacial striations visible on stone outcroppings.

Glacial striation and the presence of chalk and flint erratics that originated from the bed of the North Sea demonstrate the influence of ice action on the geomorphology of the islands.

Larger pieces of rock that are encrusted in till or deposited on the surface are called " glacial erratics ".

Patterns of glacial erratics hint at past glacial motions.