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 Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)

This theory has color given to it by the directions of movement shown by the glacial drift.

From Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. by Gray, Elisha

This gap is also filled with glacial drift.

From The Niagara River by Hulbert, Archer Butler

Much glacial drift obscures the older rocks on the east and north and in the vale of Clwyd.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

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