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  • Till: Understanding Glacial Deposits and Their Formation
    The unsorted rocky debris left behind by a melting glacier is called till.

    Till is a mixture of different sizes of rock fragments, from clay to boulders, and it's often unsorted and unlayered. This is because the glacier acts like a giant bulldozer, picking up and transporting all sorts of material as it moves. When the glacier melts, it deposits this debris in a chaotic heap.

    Here are some other terms related to glacial deposits:

    * Moraine: A ridge or mound of till deposited at the edge of a glacier.

    * Outwash: Sorted and layered sediments deposited by meltwater streams flowing from a glacier.

    * Erratic: A large boulder that has been transported far from its source by a glacier.

    Let me know if you have any other questions about glaciers or glacial deposits!

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