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Diamicton is terrigenous sediment that is unsorted to poorly-sorted and contains particles ranging in size from clay to boulders, suspended in an unconsolidated matrix of mud or sand.  The word has strong connotations to glaciation, but can be used in a variety of geological settings.

[Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamicton (2022-08-30)]

The different kinds of sample material collected in the field have been classified hierarchically.Examples: “till”, “soil”, “vegetation”.Taken from the “Sample_Types_SHARED” database table.