Along the east coast of the United States, the southernmost advance of this ice is recorded by the enormous sand and drift deposits of the terminal moraines that form Long Island and Cape Cod.
沿着美国东海岸,最南边的冰川运动被大量的沙子和终碛石的漂流沉积物(形成了长岛和科德角)所记录下来。
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As geologists mapped glacial deposits in the late nineteenth century, they became aware that there were several layers of drift, the lower ones corresponding to earlier ice ages.