{"thcode":62,"term":{"code":"GC-122","name":"Moraine","parent":"GC-011","scope":"Geoform: A mound, ridge, or other distinct accumulation of unsorted, unstratified, glacial drift (predominantly till) that is deposited chiefly by direct action of glacier ice."},"uf":[],"bt":[{"code":"GC-011","name":"Geologic","parent":"GC-C052","scope":"Geoform Origin: Geologic geoforms are formed by the abiotic processes of uplift, erosion, volcanism, deposition, fluid seepage, and material movement. ..."},{"code":"GC-C052","name":"Geoform (levels 1 and 2 subcomponents)","parent":"GC-C005","scope":null},{"code":"GC-C005","name":"Geoform","parent":"root","scope":null},{"code":"root","name":"CMECS","parent":null,"scope":"Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard: Category terms encompassing waters from the head of tide or inland incursion of ocean salinity to the splash zone of the coasts to the deepest portions of the oceans and the deep waters of the Great Lakes."}],"nt":[{"code":"GC-123","name":"Disintegration Moraine","parent":"GC-122","scope":"Geoform Type: A drift topography characterized by chaotic mounds and pits (generally randomly oriented) developed in supraglacial drift by collapse and flow as the underlying stagnant ice melted. ..."},{"code":"GC-124","name":"End Moraine","parent":"GC-122","scope":"Geoform Type: A ridge-like accumulation that is being (or was) produced at the outer margin of an actively flowing glacier at any given time; a moraine that has been deposited at the outer or lower end of a valley glacier."},{"code":"GC-125","name":"Ground Moraine","parent":"GC-122","scope":"Geoform Type: An extensive, low-relief area of till, that has an uneven or undulating surface and is commonly bounded on the distal end by a recessional or end moraine. ..."},{"code":"GC-126","name":"Kame Moraine","parent":"GC-122","scope":"Geoform Type: An end moraine that contains numerous kames, commonly comprising the slumped or erosional remnants of a formerly continuous outwash plain that built up over the foot of rapidly wasting or stagnant ice."},{"code":"GC-127","name":"Lateral Moraine","parent":"GC-122","scope":"Geoform Type: A ridge-like moraine carried on (and deposited at) the side margin of a valley glacier. It is composed chiefly of rock fragments derived from valley walls by either glacial abrasion and plucking or colluvial accumulation from adjacent slopes."},{"code":"GC-128","name":"Recessional Moraine","parent":"GC-122","scope":"Geoform Type: An end or lateral moraine, built during a temporary?but significant?halt in the final retreat of a glacier. May also refer to a moraine built during a minor re-advance of the ice front during a period of general recession."},{"code":"GC-129","name":"Terminal Moraine","parent":"GC-122","scope":"Geoform Type: An end moraine that marks the farthest advance of a glacier; usually has the form of a massive arcuate or concentric ridge (or complex of ridges) underlain by till and other drift types."}],"rt":[]}