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glacial till

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glacial till [¦glā·shəl ′til]
(geology)


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The company is still awaiting results from this past year's program of ground-magnetic surveys, soil sampling and a reverse-circulation drilling program last spring to search for diamond indicator materials from the glacial till.
Thode's farm has long since disappeared beneath Bellevue's sprawl, but his drainage channel has endured - thrived, even - carving out layers and layers of glacial till (loosely packed clay, sand, and gravel).
Part of the evidence comes in the form of glacial till, or sand and pebbles ground up by the action of glaciers.
 
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