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push moraine
push moraine n. 
/ˈpʊʃ mɒˌreɪn/,
Brit. /ˈpʊʃ məˌreɪn/
, /ˈpʊʃ məˌreɪn//ˈpʊʃ mɒˌreɪn/U.S. /ˈpʊʃ məˌreɪn/
Physical Geography an arc-shaped moraine composed of unconsolidated rock debris and formed by an advancing glacier or ice sheet which pushes material before it into low ridges./ˈpʊʃ məˌreɪn/ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [noun] > glacial mound
moraine1783
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whaleback1893
recessional moraine1897
Ra1902
Salpausselkä1923
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > deposited by water, ice, or wind > [noun] > glacial > moraine
moraine1783
push moraine1890
recessional moraine1897
1890 T. C. Chamberlin in Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 1 28 A glacier deposits material at its margin in three ways: (1) It pushes matter forward mechanically, ridging it at its edge, forming what may be termed push moraines.
1979 J. Rabassa et al. in C. Schlüchter Moraines & Varves 68/2 The ice front had already advanced over the proximal part of the fluvioglacial plain.., bulldozing its upper sedimentary cover into a set of push-moraines.
1990 Proc. Geologists' Assoc. 101 187 The Cromer Ridge is a prominent landform..which is interpreted as a push moraine complex formed during the Anglian Glaciation.
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