Sedimentary rock composed of compacted glacial till.
Example sentencesExamples
- Both the tillite and the rock surface are demonstrably Pre-Cambrian.
- This isotopic shift is supported by the presence of Musgrave-derived boulders within the tillites that are associated with the rhythmites.
- That tillites were found closely associated with carbonates was cited as additional evidence of huge fluctuations in global climates.
- He warned that not all poorly sorted rocks were true glacial tillites and thus were unreliable indicators of past climate and continental positioning.
- One of the classical Late Pre-Cambrian tillites is the Bigganjargga tillite of northern Norway.