Drift

1. A general term for all sedimentary materials deposited directly from the ice or melt water of a glacier. 2. Rock material picked up and transported by a glacier and deposited elsewhere. 3. Detrital material moved and deposited on a beach by waves and currents. 4. See drift current.

Related terms:

• littoral drift
• Longshore Drift
• Glacial Drift
• beach drift
• Nebraskan drift
• drift current
• river drift
• stratified drift
• wind drift
• ship drift