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debris-rich ice (top) and a melt-out version of similar
structures in glacier sediments (bottom).
Photos: Ken Addison.
GLACIER EROSIONAL LANDSYSTEMS
Distinctions between cold and temperate glacier systems allow us to model the erosional
and depositional land-systems of contemporary glaciers and, in turn, to reconstruct
former glaciers from the landsystem they created (Figure 15.8). Each system develops a
recognizable assemblage and pattern from the general range of glacial
