Before revision: Thórsmörk glacial outwash plainGlaciofluvial deposits or Glacio-fluvial sediments consist of boulders, gravel, sand, silt and clay from ice sheets or glaciers.They are transported, sorted and deposited by streams of water.The deposits are formed beside, below or downstream from the ice.They include kames, kame terraces and eskers formed in ice contact and outwash fans and outwash plains below the ice margin.Typically the outwash sediment is carried by fast and turbulent fluvio-glacial meltwater streams, but occasionally it is carried by catastrophic outburst floods.Larger elements such as boulders and gravel are deposited nearer to the ice margin, while finer elements are carried farther, sometimes into lakes or the ocean.The sediments are sorted by fluvial processes.
After revision: DepositsThórsmörk glacial outwash plainGlaciofluvial deposits or Glacio-fluvial sediments consist of boulders, gravel, sand, silt and clay from ice sheets or glaciers.They are transported, sorted and deposited by streams of water.The deposits are formed beside, below or downstream from the ice.They include kames, kame terraces and eskers formed in ice contact and outwash fans and outwash plains below the ice margin.Typically the outwash sediment is carried by fast and turbulent fluvio-glacial meltwater streams, but occasionally it is carried by catastrophic outburst floods.Larger elements such as boulders and gravel are deposited nearer to the ice margin, while finer elements are carried farther, sometimes into lakes or the ocean.The sediments are sorted by fluvial processes.