AISSTKACT. If glacial till contains more than a certain minimum boulder content, it is dilatant and requires a much larger stress to initiate shear deformation than to sustain il. If the stress level at the glacierlerrain interface drops below a certain critical level, or the till reaches its critical boulder-content density, then the till beneath the glacier packs into stable obstructions. These are shaped into streamlined forms by the giacier and are found distributed at random i" drumlin fields. Due to drumliii coalescence there is a normal distribution of drumlin axes about the direction of ice movement. RESUME. La formation rt mor/jlurlogir de drumlins et four repartition cl orientation en champs de drumlins. Si mi argile a blocaux contient plus d'une certaine quantite minimum de blocaux. il est dilatable et exige une plus grande tension pour debuter line deformation par cissaillement que pour 1c soutenir. Si le niveau de tension entre le glacier et le terrain descend au-dessous d'un certain niveau critique, ou si l'argile a blocaux atteint sa densite critique de blocaux, alors l'argile a blocaux au-dessous du glacier s'agglomere et forme des obstacles stables de formes carenees et distributes au hasard en champs de dnmihns. A cause de leur coalescences, les axes des drumlins s'alignem avec la direction ciu mouvement glaeiaire en une repartition normale.
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