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What is a tillite?

What is a tillite? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (geology) Glacial till cemented into a solid rock.
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Subordinate rocks include thin units of dolomite, evaporite, Varangerian tillite and Precambrian crystalline rocks.
Ichnofossils and tillite layers, indicative of the Vendian, occur in the lower part of the unit.
Both the tillite and the rock surface are demonstrably Pre-Cambrian.
One of the classical Late Pre-Cambrian tillites is the Bigganjargga tillite of northern Norway.
The Earth's oldest glacial rocks were reported from Gowganda in northern Ontario and in 1906 Albrecht Penck introduced the term tillite for ancient lithified tills.
Complete the experience with a quiet low-tide walk around the fossil bluff that has an ancient glacial deposit, Wynyard Tillite, next to it.

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