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glacial till

glacial till noun: an unstructured geological deposit composed of boulders, clay, gravel, sand, and silt that is transported by glacial drift.

Noun

glacial till (plural glacial tills)

  1. an unstructured geological deposit composed of boulders, clay, gravel, sand, and silt that is transported by glacial drift.
    • The updated geotechnical data report submitted by Golder Associates to Capital Transit Partners, and then presented to the city, describes the valley as a natural trench in the bedrock filled with between 15 and 37 metres of loose fill, silty clay and "glacial till," or broken, weathered rock.2016 June 9, Alistair Steele, “Ottawa sinkhole struck in unstable 'rock valley' flagged by engineers”, in CBC News

Forms of glacial till

pluralglacial tills

Questions about glacial till

What does glacial till mean?
Glacial till means an unstructured geological deposit composed of boulders, clay, gravel, sand, and silt that is transported by glacial drift.
What part of speech is glacial till?
Glacial till is a noun.
What is the plural of glacial till?
The plural of glacial till is glacial tills.

Words near glacial till in the dictionary

  1. glacial milks
  2. glacial period
  3. glacial periods
  4. glacial polish
  5. glacial polishes
  6. glacial till
  7. glacial tills
  8. glacial trough
  9. glacial troughs
  10. glacialism
  11. glacialist

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