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till
(redirected from Glacial deposit)

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till: see drift drift, deposit of mixed clay, gravel, sand, and boulders transported and laid down by glaciers. Stratified, or glaciofluvial, drift is carried by waters flowing from the melting ice of a glacier.
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till

In geology, the unsorted material deposited directly by glacial ice and showing no stratification. Till is sometimes called boulder clay because it is composed of clay, boulders of intermediate size, or both. The rock fragments are usually angular and sharp rather than rounded, because they are deposited from ice and have undergone little water transport. The pebbles and boulders may be faceted and striated from grinding while lodged in the glacier.


till1
a box, case, or drawer into which the money taken from customers is put, now usually part of a cash register

till2
an unstratified glacial deposit consisting of rock fragments of various sizes. The most common is boulder clay


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