This erratic in the Asco valley of north-central Corsica was deposited towards the end of the last ice age by a glacier on it's terminal moraine. The

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This erratic in the Asco valley of north-central Corsica was deposited towards the end of the last ice age by a glacier on it's terminal moraine. The reddish colour is caused by the weathering of the granite rock. The trees in the background are Corsica pines (Pinus nigra var. Corsicana).

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Keywords: -, age, asco, corsica, erratic, france, glacial, glacier, glaciology, ice, moraine, mountains, pleistocene