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(geology) A geological deposit of clay, often full of large stones and boulders, which is formed out of the ground moraine material of glaciers and ice-sheets.

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boulder clay

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boulder clay

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氷河や氷床のモレーン材料から形成され、大小の礫や巨大な岩石が混じった粘土の堆積物

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Engineers discovered a layer of boulder clay while digging the foundation for the new bridge.

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新しい橋の基礎を掘っていたとき、技術者たちは礫を含む氷河性粘土の層を発見した。

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The geological formation here is boulder clay and lias, and the original intention to keep the railway in open cutting had to be abandoned, as this would have resulted in 90 ft. deep walls through unstable terrain.

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