glacial drift

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noun

Geology.

1. material, as gravel, sand, or clay, transported and deposited by a glacier or by glacial meltwater.

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glacial drift

In a railway cut through glacial drift or till, a contractor came suddenly upon a mass of till which had been so thoroughly cemented in place as to have all the resistance of rock.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith

One case only is known where a human bone has been found in a cavern under deposits supposed to be of the nature of the glacial drift.

From The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science by John William Dawson

In the Lake Superior region large angular fragments of iron ore or iron formation in the glacial drift immediately raise question as to source.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith

Thus the stones, large and small, of glacial drift, will be smoothed and striated.

From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Wallace W. Atwood

Much of the Triassic area is covered superficially by glacial drift and alluvium of the Trent.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various

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