Glacial Milk - Canadian Rockies

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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.

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