outwash

[地质]冰水沉积英释中释na mass of gravel, sand, etc, carried and deposited by the water derived from melting glaciers

1 This landslide deposit pretty much rules out the idea that the deposits farther upstream are glacial outwash..这个滑坡沉积物大可以排除远离上游的沉积物是冰川沉积的想法。

2 Sometimes the animal multitudes are horizontal, as on Salisbury Plain, a glacial outwash delta densely colonized by king penguins, fur and elephant seals, and kelp gulls..有些地方动物种群是水平分布的，比如在索尔兹伯里平原，这块冰碛沉积三角洲密集分布着王企鹅、软毛海豹、象海豹和黑背海鸥。

3 Hmm. At the time our colleague suggested that maybe these were delta deposits or possibly glacial outwash (although we don’t know the extent of past glaciations in the park)..嗯，当时我们同事建议这些可能是三角洲沉淀或者可能是冰川沉积时（尽管我们不知道这个公园里冰期的程度）。