A depositional model for Rogen moraine, with examples from the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland

Rogen moraine is explained by subglacial meltwater processes through a form analogy between moraine ridges and ripples produced on the underside of river ice. This mechanism for Rogen moraine formation is compatible with the meltwater hypothesis for drumlins. A unified explanation for Rogen moraines...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Main Authors: Fisher, Timothy G., Shaw, John
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1992
Subjects:
Ice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e92-058
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e92-058