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boulder clay

A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | | Copyright

boulder clay A glacial deposit that consists of boulders of varying size in a clay-dominated matrix, laid down beneath a valley glacier or ice sheet. Typically it is unstratified and unsorted, and characterized by rock types derived from the country crossed by the depositing glacier. Boulder clay is an older term for what is now more usually known as boulder till.

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A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

boulder clay Glacial deposit consisting of boulders of varying size in a clay-dominated matrix, and laid down beneath a valley glacier or ice sheet. Typically it is unstratified and unsorted, and characterized by rock types derived from the country crossed by the depositing glacier. See also TILL.

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boulder clay

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

boulder clay see drift .

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	Finite element analyses of steep man-made cuts in Dublin boulder clay.(Report) Magazine article from: Canadian Geotechnical Journal; 4/1/2008
	Rossess Point revisited. (western Ireland) Magazine article from: Antiquity; 9/1/1998
	Performance of soil nails in Dublin glacial till.(Technical report) Magazine article from: Canadian Geotechnical Journal; 12/1/2008