glacial till

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glacial till (plural glacial tills)

  1. (geology) an unstructured geological deposit composed of boulders, clay, gravel, sand, and silt that is transported by glacial drift.
    • 2016 June 9, Alistair Steele, “Ottawa sinkhole struck in unstable 'rock valley' flagged by engineers”, in CBC News[1]:
      The updated geotechnical data report submitted by Golder Associates to Capital Transit Partners, and then presented to the city, describes the valley as a natural trench in the bedrock filled with between 15 and 37 metres of loose fill, silty clay and "glacial till," or broken, weathered rock.