| 词汇 | example_english_boulder-clay |
| 释义 | Examples of boulder clayThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Boulderclay is classed with a group of poorly sorted materials, described by the non-genetic term diamicton. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Boulderclay and clays are also found south of the village. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Boulderclay is also abundant and moraines cover substantial areas. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. So only at the margins of an ice sheet would the fluctuating sedimentary record be preserved, whereas interior glaciation might compound tills in final deposits of boulderclay. We will not, for example, have the fritillary without water meadows, nor the oxlip without ancient boulderclay woods. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is sour, limeless, boulderclay, with not very good drainage, and an unfortunate predilection for growing rushes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They told me that they had run into 12 kilometres of boulderclay and that it was improbable that they would be able to bury the pipeline for that length. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The valley bottoms have a thin deposit of boulderclay. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The local drift geology is mostly glacial boulderclay, as well as glacial sands and gravel. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The clay-rich hilltop soils are primarily a consequence of blanketing of the area with boulderclay or glacial till during the recent glaciations. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Till, also known as boulderclay, is a mix of unconsolidated sediment with a range of grain sizes (clay-boulder). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Much boulderclay is of a bluish-grey until exposed to weather which causes a transformation to a brown colour. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Beneath the pasture the archaeology is on boulderclay overlying magnesian limestone. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The earliest masonry building was the church, which was constructed on shallow foundations of sandstone rubble and pebbles on boulderclay. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It consists of ancient semi-natural woodland on a boulderclay soil. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The surface deposits comprise thick peat in the upper reaches, with glacial boulderclay and glacial sand and gravel in the lower parts. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The dam was constructed with the boulderclay and alluvium excavated from the reservoir bed. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The valley was subsequently filled with boulderclay and gravel. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When the ice finally retreated it left deep deposits of boulderclay (or till) behind. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He again attracted attention by adding fossils from the local boulderclay to his earlier collection. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Moreover, several metres of boulderclay glacial drift is overlying, and is of sufficient depth to prevent any outcropping. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He found a five-metre thickness of boulderclay overlaid by sand and gravel. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Crop farming is the typical use of boulderclay lands. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is formed in boulderclay and is thought to be a natural feature although the water levels are now controlled by sluice. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is ancient woodland lying partly on chalky boulderclay and partly on glacial sands. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Surrounding the town is deposits of boulderclay and glacial sand and gravel can be found to the north-west. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Occasionally, within the boulderclay, there are irregular lenticular masses of more or less stratified sand, gravel or loam. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Retreating glacial sheet ice also deposited quantities of sand and marl across the area where boulderclay was absent. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The land behind the beach is made of boulderclay deposited during the last glaciation, and is being slowly eroded by the sea. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A series of bad harvests, and the difficulty of cultivating the heavy boulderclay soil, eventually proved too much for the dwindling population. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Two patches of boulderclay lie over the centre of the parish's bedrock. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It includes material deposited by glaciers (boulderclay, and other forms of glacial drift such as sand and gravel). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is an ancient village, sitting on a bedrock of carboniferous limestone, overlain by glacial boulderclay with glacial hollows. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The soil is clay subsoil with boulderclay. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When the glacier finally retreated they left deep deposits of boulderclay and glacial alluvium behind. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The land is undulating boulderclay, ranging in height from 200 ft. to 275 ft. above sea level. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The ground to the south of this road consisted of a 21 m thick layer of boulderclay, overlaying sandstone and coal. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Most of the deposits on top of the bedrock are boulderclay. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Moving west along the escarpment, a glacial surface drift of boulderclay begins to overlay the whinstone. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Overlying this is a layer of much looser boulderclay of varying thickness. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The work shows the impressive boulderclay bank and ditch. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Cloud is an ancient woodland, founded on boulderclay and keuper marl. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The area consists mainly of sandy beach, but also rocky shore platform, sand dunes, grassland, boulderclay cliffs and rock cliffs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The ice sheet, which produced the chalky boulderclay, rolled upon a bed of glacial sand and gravel, and formed the flattened character of the area today. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Initial investigations suggested that there was a layer of boulderclay below the alluvium of the river bed, and that a chalk aquifer was below the clay. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This permeable geology presumably provided a narrow strip of open pasture, the oak ley, along the valley within a broad tract of woodland on the boulderclay either side. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The soft boulderclay cliffs slump because of the water running through the clay, and the resulting material on the beach is removed by the succeeding high tides. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Formerly farmland, boulderclay extraction started in the 1920s for brick making in the adjacent brickworks, and ceased in 1965 - since when it has been allowed to return to nature. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The geology of the upper river consists of chalk covered by a layer of boulderclay, making it one of only a few remaining fenland chalk streams. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In modern times, the non-porous nature of the bedrock, the presence of boulderclay and the cool and damp climate have conspired to create large expanses of peat. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Elevations above 10 metres (32 ft) are covered by a mixture of glacial till and boulderclay with low-lying areas covered by sandy soils and loams. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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