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Tillite
(pronounced: till-ite)

Tillite is lithified glacial till. Glacial till is poorly sorted sediment according to grain size. It is completely mixed together and includes everything from clay to sub-rounded boulders and erratics, which are often striated.

 


Information provided by Patrick M. Colgan, Northeastern University
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