Late-Pleistocene paleohydrography, eolian activity and frozen ground, New Jersey Pine Barrens, eastern USA
Abstract The Late Pleistocene surface paleohydrography of the New Jersey Pine Barrens consisted of a series of broad braided alluvial surfaces with meandering paleochannels. This drainage is best explained in terms of impermeable (i.e. frozen) substrate, high sediment load, variable or decreasing di...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0016774600000548 2024-03-03T08:41:52+00:00 Late-Pleistocene paleohydrography, eolian activity and frozen ground, New Jersey Pine Barrens, eastern USA French, H. Demitroff, M. 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016774600000548 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0016774600000548 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Netherlands Journal of Geosciences - Geologie en Mijnbouw volume 91, issue 1-2, page 25-35 ISSN 0016-7746 1573-9708 Geology journal-article 2012 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016774600000548 2024-02-08T08:24:59Z Abstract The Late Pleistocene surface paleohydrography of the New Jersey Pine Barrens consisted of a series of broad braided alluvial surfaces with meandering paleochannels. This drainage is best explained in terms of impermeable (i.e. frozen) substrate, high sediment load, variable or decreasing discharge, and eolian sedimentary dynamics. Evidence for eolian activity is provided by wind-abraded sand grains, coversand, dunes, ventifacts, deflation hollows and wind-polished boulders. In several places stream avulsion occurred due to channel infilling by locally-derived wind-blown sediment. The braided and meandering river systems that characterise the tundra and polar semi-desert lowlands of the Western Canadian Arctic are described as modern analogs. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Tundra Cambridge University Press Arctic Netherlands Journal of Geosciences - Geologie en Mijnbouw 91 1-2 25 35 |
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Abstract The Late Pleistocene surface paleohydrography of the New Jersey Pine Barrens consisted of a series of broad braided alluvial surfaces with meandering paleochannels. This drainage is best explained in terms of impermeable (i.e. frozen) substrate, high sediment load, variable or decreasing discharge, and eolian sedimentary dynamics. Evidence for eolian activity is provided by wind-abraded sand grains, coversand, dunes, ventifacts, deflation hollows and wind-polished boulders. In several places stream avulsion occurred due to channel infilling by locally-derived wind-blown sediment. The braided and meandering river systems that characterise the tundra and polar semi-desert lowlands of the Western Canadian Arctic are described as modern analogs. |
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Late-Pleistocene paleohydrography, eolian activity and frozen ground, New Jersey Pine Barrens, eastern USA |
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Late-Pleistocene paleohydrography, eolian activity and frozen ground, New Jersey Pine Barrens, eastern USA |
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Late-Pleistocene paleohydrography, eolian activity and frozen ground, New Jersey Pine Barrens, eastern USA |
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Late-Pleistocene paleohydrography, eolian activity and frozen ground, New Jersey Pine Barrens, eastern USA |
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Late-Pleistocene paleohydrography, eolian activity and frozen ground, New Jersey Pine Barrens, eastern USA |
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