Geology Chapter 3.8

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Polymictic conglomerate
a coarse grained sedimentary rock containing clasts of many different rock types
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Oligomictic conglomerate
a coarse grained sedimentary rock containing clasts of few different rock types
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Monomictic conglomerate
a coarse grained sedimentary rock containing clasts of a single rock type
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Till fabric analysis
a method of tracing the former movement direction of ice by taking compass bearings on the long axes of large clasts in till deposits
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Fluvio-glacial deposists
sediments produced by meltwater streams flowing from a glacier
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Littoral zone
is the area between the extreme low + extreme high water of the spring tides
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a coarse grained sedimentary rock containing clasts of few different rock types

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Oligomictic conglomerate

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a coarse grained sedimentary rock containing clasts of a single rock type

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a method of tracing the former movement direction of ice by taking compass bearings on the long axes of large clasts in till deposits

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sediments produced by meltwater streams flowing from a glacier

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