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Moraine vs Tillite - What's the difference?

moraine | tillite |

As nouns the difference between moraine and tillite

is that moraine is an accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier while tillite is (geology) glacial till cemented into a solid rock.

moraine

English

(wikipedia moraine)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier.

    • Derived terms

    * ground moraine: Moraine found at the base of a glacier. * lateral moraine: When eroded debris is carried along the glacier’s edge. * terminal moraine: Rubble dropped at the foot of a melting glacier.

    Anagrams

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    tillite

    English

    (wikipedia tillite)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geology) Glacial till cemented into a solid rock.
  • *2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 127:
  • *:The most straightforward example is probably provided by tillites .