Glacial Milk in Alaska (Updated over a year ago)

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Photo showing glacial milk in Alaska. Glacial milk is created when glacial erosion or grinding occurrs on bedrock and creates silt-sized particles, or rock/glacial flour, that is then suspended in the glacial meltwater creating a cloudy or "milky" appearance.

Tags: alaska , glacial erosion , glacial flour , glacial milk , glaciers , meltwater , rock flour

Added to Earth - A Work in Progress on September 8, 2014.

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  • Rights: Public
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  • Locale: Alaska
  • Source: Ray Pestrong Geosciences Slide Collections, San Francisco State Unviersity
  • Format: TIFF
  • Type: Slide
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  • Created by: Pestrong, Ray

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