Glacial Milk - Canadian Rockies (Updated over a year ago)

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Photo of a stream of glacial milk in the Canadian Rockies. 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: canadian rockies , glacial flour , glacial milk , glaciers , rock flour

Added to Earth - A Work in Progress on April 1, 2014.

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

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Update by DIVA Digitization Team over a year ago