GLACIAL DRIFT


Meaning of GLACIAL DRIFT in English

All earth material transported and deposited by the ice and/or by water flowing from a glacier. It consists of rock flour, sand, pebbles, cobbles, and boulders, and may occur in a heterogeneous mass or be reasonably well sorted, depending on the manner of deposition.

Environmental engineering English vocabulary.      Английский словарь экологического инжиниринга.