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Definition of Esker
1. Noun. (geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets.
Definition of Esker
1. Noun. A long, narrow, sinuous ridge created by deposits from a stream running beneath a glacier. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Esker
1. a narrow ridge of gravel and sand [n -S]
Medical Definition of Esker
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Esker
Literary usage of Esker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1906)
"This esker has been traced from a point three or four miles northwest of Aurora,
... Toward Aurora erosion has planed the esker down until at present it ..."
2. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1906)
"This esker has been traced from a point three or four miles northwest of Aurora,
... Toward Aurora erosion has planed the esker down until at present it ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1894)
"A Map of the esker Systems of Ireland. By Professor WJ SOLLAS, D.Sc., FRS [Communicated
by ... Much, however, is to be learnt from the individual esker. ..."
4. Guide to Localities Illustrating the Geology, Marine Zoology, and Botany of by Amadeus William Grabau, Joseph Edmund Woodman (1898)
"Tom down Cabot street, following it tilla grard ridge crosses it. and the head
of the esker lies 200 yards to the left. The esker can be followed readily ..."
5. The Journal of Geography by National Council of Geography Teachers (U.S.) (1905)
"What is the length of the part of the esker which is joined to the glacial delta?
3. ... Of what material is the esker made? 9. Collect samples as far as ..."
6. Journal of the Royal Geological Society of Ireland by Royal Geological Society of Ireland (1877)
"Subsequently, in the " esker sea period," the glacial drift was in part denuded,
a cliff formed, and at its base gravels were deposited (Fig. 2). ..."
7. A History of the County Dublin:: The People, Parishes and Antiquities from by Francis Elrington Ball (1906)
"THE parish of esker, with the exception of an isolated portion enclosed in the
adjoining ... The lands of esker, which are so called from their being the ..."
8. Geology of the Boston Basin by William Otis Crosby (1900)
"The double esker is undoubtedly due to an ice- floor in the tunnel, which, ...
A remarkable branched esker runs parallel to the stream draining Accord Pond ..."
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