Late pleistocene ice‐wedge casts and sand‐wedge relics in the wyoming basins, USA

Previous studies of late Pleistocene periglacial wedge relics in the present‐day steppe environment of the Wyoming plains are supplemented by laboratory analyses of the wedge‐filling materials. Field observations of the wedges now allow the differentiation of ice‐wedge casts, sand‐wedge relics and c...

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Published in:Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
Main Authors: Thomas C. Nissen, Brainerd Mears
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Subjects:
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Ice
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.3430010302