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glacial drift
A general term applied to all mineral material transported by a glacier and deposited directly by or from the ice, or by running water emanating from a glacier. Drift includes unstratified material (till) that forms moraines, and stratified glaciofluvial deposits that form outwash plains, eskers, kames, varves, and glaciolacustrine sediments.
- 품사: noun
- 분야/도메인: 지구과학
- 카테고리: 토양학
- Company: Soil Science Society of America
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