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...
Published in: | Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1992
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e92-058 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e92-058 |