Englacial Deltaic Sediments as Evidence for Basal Freezing and Marginal Shearing, Leirbreen, Southern Norway
Abstract A frozen englacial band of current-bedded silts, sands, and gravels were observed close to the snout of the temperate glacier Leirbreen. Little-disturbed sedimentary structures indicated a deltaic origin, the lack of disturbance showing that the sediments were frozen prior to their incorpor...
| Published in: | Journal of Glaciology |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1984
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000008455 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000008455 |