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Calcite Precipitates at the Soles of Temperate Glaciers

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AROUND Mt Castleguard, Banff National Park in the Rocky Mountains of Canada, we have found extensive deposits of a calcite precipitate which show striking morphological characteristics and which undoubtedly have formed at the soles of glaciers. They are analogous to travertine crusts in limestone caverns, but show stronger orientation and other different features.

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    D. C. FORD, P. G. FULLER & J. J. DRAKE

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FORD, D., FULLER, P. & DRAKE, J. Calcite Precipitates at the Soles of Temperate Glaciers. Nature 226, 441–442 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/226441a0

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