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.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ዲያሚክቶን
di-a-mik-ton
ARالعربية
رواسب متداخلة
ruwāsīb mudākhilāt
BNবাংলা
ডাইএমিক্টন
dai-a-mik-ton
CACatalà
diamicton
di-a-mik-ton
CSČeština
diamicton
di-a-mik-ton
DADansk
diamicton
di-a-mik-ton
DEDeutsch
Diamicton
di-a-mik-ton
ELΕλληνικά
διαμικτόν
di-a-mik-ton
ESEspañol
diamicton
di-a-mik-ton
FAفارسی
دیامیکتون
di-a-mik-ton
FISuomi
diamicton
di-a-mik-ton
FRFrançais
diamicton
di-a-mik-ton
GUGU
ડાયેમિકટન
dai-a-mik-tan
HAHA
diamicton
di-a-mik-ton
HEעברית
דימיקטון
di-mi-kat-on
HIहिन्दी
डायमिक्टन
dai-a-mik-ton
HUMagyar
diamicton
di-a-mik-ton
IDBahasa Indonesia
diamicton
di-a-mik-ton
IGIG
diamicton
di-a-mik-ton
ITItaliano
diamicton
di-a-mik-ton
JA日本語
ディアミックトン
dia-mikku-ton
KKKK
диамикт
di-a-mik-t
KMKM
ឌីអាមីកត
di-a-mik-kat
KO한국어
다이아믹톤
dai-a-mik-ton
MRMR
डायमिक्टन
dai-a-mik-ton
MSBahasa Melayu
diamicton
di-a-mik-ton
MYမြန်မာ
ဒီယာမစ်ကွန်
di-ya-mik-kun
NLNederlands
diamicton
di-a-mik-ton
NONorsk
diamicton
di-a-mik-ton
PAPA
ਡਾਈਏਮਿਕਟਨ
dai-a-mik-tan
PLPolski
diamicton
di-a-mik-ton
PTPortuguês
diamicton
di-a-mik-ton
RORomână
diamicton
di-a-mik-ton
RUРусский
диамикт
di-a-mik-t
SVSvenska
diamicton
di-a-mik-ton
SWKiswahili
diamicton
di-a-mik-ton
TAதமிழ்
டையாமிக்க்டன்
tai-ya-mik-ktan
TEతెలుగు
డియామిక్టన్
di-a-mik-tan
THไทย
ไดอาไมคตัน
dai-a-mai-kon-tan
TLTL
diamicton
di-a-mik-ton
TRTürkçe
diamicton
di-a-mik-ton
UKУкраїнська
діамікт
di-a-mik-t
URاردو
ڈائامیکٹن
dai-a-mik-tan
VITiếng Việt
diamicton
di-a-mik-ton
YOYO
diamicton
di-a-mik-ton
ZH中文
碎屑岩
suì xiè yán
ZUZU
diamicton
di-a-mik-ton

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