glacier till

glacier till
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  • Till — is unsorted glacial sediment. Glacial drift is a general term for the coarsely graded and extremely heterogeneous sediments of glacial origin. Glacial till is that part of glacial drift which was deposited directly by the glacier. It may vary… …   Wikipedia

  • Till — glaciar comenzando a ser poblado por pastos …   Wikipedia Español

  • Till — Till, n. 1. (Geol.) A deposit of clay, sand, and gravel, without lamination, formed in a glacier valley by means of the waters derived from the melting glaciers; sometimes applied to alluvium of an upper river terrace, when not laminated, and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Glacier — This article is about the geological formation. For other uses, see Glacier (disambiguation). The Baltoro Glacier in the Karakoram, Kashmir, Northern Pakistan. At 62 kilometres (39 mi) in length, it is one of the longest alpine glaciers on… …   Wikipedia

  • till — till1 /til/, prep. 1. up to the time of; until: to fight till death. 2. before (used in negative constructions): He did not come till today. 3. near or at a specified time: till evening. 4. Chiefly Midland, Southern, and Western U.S. before; to:… …   Universalium

  • Glacier mass balance — See also Retreat of glaciers since 1850 Crucial to the survival of a glacier is its mass balance, the difference between accumulation and ablation (melting and sublimation). Climate change may cause variations in both temperature and snowfall,… …   Wikipedia

  • till —    [ glacial ]    Dominantly unsorted and unstratified drift, generally unconsolidated and deposited directly by a glacier without subsequent reworking by meltwater, and consisting of a heterogeneous mixture of clay, silt, sand, gravel, stones,… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • Till plain — A till plain is an extensive flat plain of glacial till that forms when a sheet of ice becomes detached from the main body of a glacier and melts in place depositing the sediments it carried. A till plain with irregular topography is referred to… …   Wikipedia

  • Till Fjälls — Infobox Album | Name = Till Fjälls Type = Album Artist = Vintersorg Released = December 8, 1998 Recorded = Genre = Black metal Folk metal Viking metal Length = 40:31 Label = Napalm Records Producer = Andreas Hedlund Reviews = Last album =… …   Wikipedia

  • till —    Predominantly unsorted and unstratified drift, generally unconsolidated, deposited directly by and underneath a glacier without subsequent reworking by meltwater, and consisting of a heterogeneous mixture of clay, silt, sand, gravel, and… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

  • subglacial till —    Till deposited beneath, in, or by the bottom part of a glacier or ice sheet; subglacial till types include lodgment till, subglacial flow till, and subglacial melt out till.    Compare: till and supraglacial till.    SW & GM …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms


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