单词 | pseudotillite |
释义 | > as lemmaspseudotillite pseudotillite n. Brit. , U.S. [in later use after German Pseudotillit ( M. Schwarzbach Das Klima der Vorzeit (ed. 2, 1961) v. 34)] Geology (now rare) a deposit similar to tillite but non-glacial in origin.ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > clay > [noun] > pseudotill pseudotillite1931 pseudo-till1957 1931 A. S. Warthin in Reprint & Circular Ser. (National Res. Council (U.S.)) No. 98. 94 (title) Ordovician pseudotillite at Poughkeepsie, New York. 1963 R. O. Muir tr. Schwarbach Climates of Past v. 39 I would recommend that the term tillite be applied not only to undoubted moraines but to all moraine-like sediments of probable or possible glacial or glacio-marine origin. Those later shown to be..of non~glacial origin, may then, more properly, be called pseudo~tillites. 1968 R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 473/2 Any sort of ‘accidental’ mixture such as is caused by a gravitational flow..can easily be taken for a glacial till, i.e., it is a pseudotillite. < as lemmas |
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