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Tillite

Tillite meaning

Glacial till cemented into a solid rock.

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Tillite In cases where till has been indurated or lithified by subsequent burial into solid rock, it is known as the sedimentary rock tillite.

When the glacial sediments were turned into stone they formed the rocks that now make up the Fitzroy Tillite Formation in the Falklands.