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... Pleistocene glaciers de- posited a thick mantle of boulder clays and morainic sands and gravels into which the sinuous Moskva River cut its wide valley in successive stages , marked by four corresponding levels . Geologically recent ...
... Pleistocene glaciers de- posited a thick mantle of boulder clays and morainic sands and gravels into which the sinuous Moskva River cut its wide valley in successive stages , marked by four corresponding levels . Geologically recent ...
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... Pleistocene Epoch ( 1,600,000 to 10,000 years ago ) , and its high eastern rim still contains relics of these glacial Relics of advances and retreats . Ice - cut valleys in the higher areas , glaciation ice - plucked basins everywhere ...
... Pleistocene Epoch ( 1,600,000 to 10,000 years ago ) , and its high eastern rim still contains relics of these glacial Relics of advances and retreats . Ice - cut valleys in the higher areas , glaciation ice - plucked basins everywhere ...
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... Pleistocene Epoch ( 1,600,000 to 10,000 years ago ) . Small glaciers 5 to 15 miles long are still present at the heads of many valleys in the Talkeetnas . The Wrangell Mountains , covering an area 100 by 70 miles , lie near the Pacific ...
... Pleistocene Epoch ( 1,600,000 to 10,000 years ago ) . Small glaciers 5 to 15 miles long are still present at the heads of many valleys in the Talkeetnas . The Wrangell Mountains , covering an area 100 by 70 miles , lie near the Pacific ...
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