ice-contact slope

ice-contact slope
   A steep escarpment of predominantly glaciofluvial sediment that was deposited against a wall of glacier ice, marking the position of a relatively static ice-margin; an irregular scarp against which glacier ice once rested.
   Compare: head-of-outwash.
   SW & GG

Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.

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