glacial - use in sentences

Preposition: till

  • deposit: The tunnel was excavated through a potentially unstable embankment of glacial till deposits with granite boulders utilizing hand excavation from within a Greathead shield.

Adjective modifier

  • Icelandic: Icelandic Glacial will be launching in the UK in August 2005 and will be distributed through premium retail outlets, hotels and restaurants.
  • last: The Last Glacial reached its maximum at about 22,000 yr BP.

Modifies a noun

  • moraine: Sea Rush near the pile of glacial moraine which guarded the second area of marsh behind.
  • geomorphology: A research paper on the evolution of the glacial geomorphology has been published in Quaternary Science Reviews.
  • meltwater: However, in the Himalaya upwards of 80 % of flow in the major longitudinal rivers is glacial meltwater.
  • landform: We walked up to Easedale Tarn to look at glacial landforms left from the last ice age.
  • erosion: Although there is no direct evidence of glacial erosion, the area would have been covered during the Ice Age.
  • drift: In some areas, notably much of Ireland, glacial drift has covered up the useful walling stone.

Modifying Another Word

  • late: The Late Glacial in Europe: pathways to complexity?

Used with adjective complement

  • include: These include glacial, fluvial and a mixed group of periglacial deposits known as " Head "

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