Drumlins are formed in a layer of boulder clay separating a glacier fronm certain types of terrain. Under certain conditions the large particles in the clay form a dilatant system. When flow in the separating layer is interrupted, part of the layer packs into an obstruction and the rest of the material flows around this obstruction, giving it a streamlined form.
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Ian Smalley (1966) studied this question.
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