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Recessional moraine

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-023298

An end or lateral moraine, built during a temporary - but significant - halt in the final retreat of a glacier. May also refer to a moraine built during a minor re-advance of the ice front during a period of general recession.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-023298
FieldEnvironment
SubjectNatural environments
ReferencesFederal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-023298",
  "term": "Recessional moraine",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Recessional Moraine",
  "definition": "An end or lateral moraine, built during a temporary - but significant - halt in the final retreat of a glacier. May also refer to a moraine built during a minor re-advance of the ice front during a period of general recession.",
  "subject": "Natural environments",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/recessional-moraine/"
}

Record 22,676 of 29,894 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.