1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ESKER (O. Irish eiscir), a local name for long mounds of glacial gravel frequently met with in Ireland. Eskers (the Swedish dsar) are among the occasionally puzzling relics of the British glacial period. They wind from side to side across glaciated country and have evidently been formed by channels upon or under the ice. " Where streams of considerable size form tunnels under or in the ice these may become more or less filled ESKILSTUNA— ESKIMO with wmsh, and when the ice melts the aggraded channels appear as long …
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