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Rock flour

Fine-grained, silt-size sediment formed by the mechanical erosion of bedrock at the base and sides of a glacier by moving ice. When it enters a stream, it turns the stream's colour brown, gray, iridescent blue-green, or milky white. Also called Glacier Flour or Glacier Milk.

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  • Industry/Domain: Water bodies
  • Category: Glaciers
  • Government Agency: USGS
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