A graphic showing how sediments from under the glacier pile up into buttressing moraines and how the UT Austin-led expedition plans to explore the glacial environment.

They mark the furthest point reached by the ice sheet or glacier. Terminal moraines form when the ice melts and deposits all the moraine it was transporting at the front of the glacier.

(A moraine is a ridge of debris formed by a glacier.) About 11,700 years ago the lake breached the moraine near present-day Browns Valley at a place now called Traverse Gap. The flow of water and ...

Glaciers sometimes transport material over long distances ... This material is known as moraine. Some is frozen inside the glacier; some is carried on the top of it and some is pushed in front.

which starts near Moraine Lake Lodge and takes about 45 minutes to complete (round-trip). As you walk along the lakeshore, you'll spot stunning views of Mount Fay and the Fay Glacier. If you've ...

If a glacial lake is assessed as posing a danger, researchers will actually visit that lake and conduct surveys of the surrounding area and measure the water depth. They will also focus on the moraine ...

The mule track weaves its way past giant boulders transported down to this point by ancient landslides ... Upon reaching the first snow patches traverse diagonally to reach the snout and glacial ...