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glacial tills

glacial tills is the plural of glacial till.

Meaning of glacial till

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

Questions about glacial tills

What is glacial tills the plural of?
Glacial tills is the plural of glacial till.

Words near glacial tills in the dictionary

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

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