Meltwater deposits

• Other Authors: Wojtal, Steven F.
• Language: unknown
• Published: Oberlin College Library 1984
• Subjects: Surficial Geology; Quaternary Geology; Foliation; Mylonite; Shear zones (Geology); Shear sense indicators; Blow Me Down; Blow Me Down Mountain; Canada; Cut Bank; Newfoundland; Torngat Mountains
• Online Access: http://server15963.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p15963coll1,1997

Finely laminated, fine-grained sediments, probably deposited in a small lake, exposed in a cut bank. The rhythmic layering represents seasonal inputs of coarser detritus (lighter colored layers) against a background of continual deposition of finer detritus (darker colored layers). In the center of...