Episode 129: Glaciers, Ice, and Groundwater
The Science of Everything Podcast
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Glacier Moraines and Eskas
Eskes are long winding ridges of strat sand and gravel. They look a bit like railway embankments because of their relatively uniform shape. Eskas are formed mostly from ice walled tunnels of streams that used to flow either within or underneath the glacier. And so these form these long, winding ridges because they were following the glacier as it went down hills. O ka, se wee, talk about eskars cames a came is an irregularly shaped hill or mound that's composed of sand, gravel and till.
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