glacial drift — noun : drift 2g(2) * * * Geol. material, as gravel, sand, or clay, transported and deposited by a glacier or by glacial meltwater. Also called drift. Cf. till4. * * * glacial drift, clay, gravel, sand, or other rock material transported or… … Useful english dictionary
glacial drift — Geol. material, as gravel, sand, or clay, transported and deposited by a glacier or by glacial meltwater. Also called drift. Cf. till4. * * * … Universalium
glacial drift — (not recommended) use drift … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
glacial drift — noun An accumulation of earth and rock which have been transported by moving ice, land ice, or icebergs … Wiktionary
glacial drift — Sediment material contained, transported, and deposited by glaciers [16] … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
Glacial — Gla cial, a. [L. glacialis, from glacies ice: cf. F. glacial.] 1. Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena. Lyell. [1913 Webster] 2. (Chem.) Resembling ice; having the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Glacial acid — Glacial Gla cial, a. [L. glacialis, from glacies ice: cf. F. glacial.] 1. Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena. Lyell. [1913 Webster] 2. (Chem.) Resembling ice;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Glacial epoch — Glacial Gla cial, a. [L. glacialis, from glacies ice: cf. F. glacial.] 1. Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena. Lyell. [1913 Webster] 2. (Chem.) Resembling ice;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Glacial hypothesis — Glacial Gla cial, a. [L. glacialis, from glacies ice: cf. F. glacial.] 1. Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena. Lyell. [1913 Webster] 2. (Chem.) Resembling ice;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Glacial period — Glacial Gla cial, a. [L. glacialis, from glacies ice: cf. F. glacial.] 1. Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena. Lyell. [1913 Webster] 2. (Chem.) Resembling ice;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English