Sedimentary petrological characteristics of lateral and frontal moraine and proglacial glaciofluvial sediments of Bertilbreen, Central Svalbard

Bertilbreen is a valley glacier located in the central part of the Spitsbergen Island, Svalbard. Glacier bedrock is composed of Devonian Old Red facies sedimentary rocks, Carboniferous clastic sedimentary rocks and Carboniferous to Permian limestones. Cobble clasts from the right-hand lateral morain...

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Main Authors: Hanáček, Martin, Flašar, Jan, Nývlt, Daniel
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Masaryk Univerzity 2011
Subjects:
Petrology
clast shape
clast roundness
clast striation
lateral and frontal moraine
proglacial glaciofluvial stream
Bertilbreen
Svalbard
glacier
Spitsbergen
Online Access:http://journals.muni.cz/CPR/article/view/12802

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