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What are erratics?

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Erratics are rocks of different sizes that are not the same from the glacial bedrock. This is usually mistaken with moraines which are glacial deposits, unsorted and unlayered pile of rocks, of erratics. Glaciers also leave behind striations which helps scientists determine and identify glacial activity.

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