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coast and inland along their major river valleys. It consists of primarily silt- and clay-sized particles formed from the glacial abrasion of the
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It was a historically significant resource for the production of brick, though little of that industry remains.
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of the region, carried by glacial meltwater and deposited below sea level before subsequent crust rising (
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