Glacial Milk in Alaska
About This Item
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.
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- Public
- Publisher
- Ray Pestrong Geosciences Slide Collections, San Francisco State Unviersity
- Locale
- Alaska
- Format
- TIFF
- Type
- Slide
- Date
- Created by
- Pestrong, Ray
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