Call number:
AWI G5-98-0274
In:
SEPM Short Course ; 16, No. 16
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
VIII, 246 S.
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zahlr. Ill.
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30 cm
Series Statement:
SEPM Short Course 16
Note:
TABLE OF CONTENTS: CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION. - CHAPTER 2 SUBGLACIAL AND ICE MARGINAL ENVIRONMENTS. - GLACIOLOGY. - Glacier Form. - Mountain glaciers. - Ice sheets. - Tidewater. - Glacier Mass Balance. - Glacier Thermal Regime. - Glacier Flow. - Internal Deformation. - Basal Sliding. - Flow Velocities. - Complex Motion. - Compressing and Extending Flow. - DEBRIS ENTRAINMENT AND DISTRIBUTION. - Subglacial Erosional Processes. - Abrasion. - Abrasion Forms. - Plucking. - Large-scale Block Removal. - Frontal Incorporation. - Supraglacially Derived Debris. - Debris Distribution and Transport. - The Basal Zone. - The Englacial Zone. - The Supraglacial Zone. - TILL. - Introduction. - Lodgement till. - Melt-out till. - Sublimation till. - GLACIGENIC MASS-FLOW DEPOSITS. - Debris Flow Deposits. - Talus Deposits. - Free Fall Deposits. - AQUEOUS DEPOSITS IN THE GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT. - Subglacial Aqueous Environments. - Drainage Characteristics. - Subglacial Sheet Flow Deposits. - Subglacial Channel Deposits. - Subglacial Lacustrine Deposits. - Englacial and Supraglacial Aqueous Environments. - SEDIMENT LANDFORM RELATIONSHIPS. - Subglacial Landsystems. - Supraglacial Landsystems. - Ice-Marginal Landsystems. - REFERENCES. - CHAPTER 3 PROGLACIAL FLUVIAL ENVIRONMENT. - INTRODUCTION. - PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SANDAR. - Hydrology. - Sediment Load. - Morphology. - Clast Size and Gradient. - Channel Pattern. - STRATIFICATION AND SEDIMENTARY FACIES. - General. - Proximal-Distal Facies Relationships. - Vertical Sequences. - REFERENCES. - CHAPTER 4 PROGLACIAL LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT. - PHYSICAL PROCESSES. - INTRODUCTION. - DENSITY STRATIFICATION IN LAKES. - Thermal Structure. - Chemical Stratification. - NON-CONTACT (DISTAL) GLACIER-FED LAKES. - General. - Delta Formation. - Inflow-Lake Interaction. - Overflow. - Interflow. - Underflow. - Homopvcnal Mixing. - Relation of Inflow to Lake Sedimentation Rates. - ICE-CONTACT LAKES. - Thermal Effects. - Subaqueous Inflow. - Ice-Margin Deposition. - Icebergs. - Ephemeral Nature of Ice-Contact Lakes. - DEPOSITS. - INTRODUCTION. - INDIVIDUAL DISPERSAL MECHANISMS. - Overflow-Interflow Deposits. - Underflow Deposits. - Upper Delta Foresets. - Mid-Delta Foresets. - COMBINATION OF DISPERSAL MECHANISMS. - Lower Dllta Foresets. - Lake Bottom Deposits. - Annual Rhythmites Vs. Slump-Generated Rhythmites. - LAKE STRATIFICATION AND SEDIMENTATION. - Unstratified Lakes. - Stratified Lakes. - ICE-CONTACT LAKES VS. DISTAL LAKES: SUMMARY. - Ice-Contact Lake Deposits. - Distal Lake Deposits. - SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION IN SEDIMENTATION. - Spatial Variation. - Temporal Variation. - REFERENCES. - CHAPTER 5 PROGLACIAL EOLIAN ENVIRONMENT. - INTRODUCTION. - EOLIAN PROCESSES AND SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES. - Processes. - Sedimentary Structures. - Wind Ripple Migration. - Grainfall. - Avalanching (Slumps and Sand Flow). - Bedding. - ENVIRONMENTS OF DEPOSITION. - Dune. - Interdune Area. - Sand Sheet. - Extradune Area and Loess. - SUMMARY. - REFERENCES. - CHAPTER 6 REGIONAL FACIES DISTRIBUTION IN TEMPERATE CONTINENTAL-GLACIER DEPOSITS. - REFERENCES. - GLOSSARY.
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