push moraine
moraine built out ahead of an advancing glacier.
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The Columbia Glacier surged (advanced rapidly) earlier this century, part of it flowing into a forest. The push moraine in this photograph from 1914 shows Columbia Glacier literally pushing up trees and dirt as it advanced.

D.K. Handy, archived at the World Data Center for Glaciology, Boulder, CO
Topic(s):
glaciers