Diamicton

/daɪˈæmɪktən/ noun

Definition

Sediment or rock composed of a mixture of particles ranging from boulders to clay without any particular sorting or layering, often deposited by glaciers.

Etymology

From Greek 'dia-' (through/across) + 'miktos' (mixed). A technical geological term coined in the 20th century to describe unsorted glacial deposits that contain a chaotic jumble of different-sized particles.

Kelly Says

Glaciers are nature's dumper trucks—they push rocks, pebbles, sand, and clay all mixed together, and when they melt, this jumble becomes diamicton. Geologists can look at diamicton layers in hillsides and read the history of ice ages like chapters in a book.

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