Athabasca Glacier, Canada – a field example of subglacial ice and till erosion?
The Athabasca Glacier, resting on a rigid bed, provides an excellent example of subglacialice and till erosion. The presence of a thin mobile till layer is shown by the presence of flutes, saturated till layer, push moraines and ploughed boulders. Cross-cutting striations, v-shaped striations and re...
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ftsouthampton:oai:eprints.soton.ac.uk:55420 2023-07-30T04:03:40+02:00 Athabasca Glacier, Canada – a field example of subglacial ice and till erosion? Hart, Jane K. 2006 https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/55420/ unknown Hart, Jane K. (2006) Athabasca Glacier, Canada – a field example of subglacial ice and till erosion? Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 31 (1), 65-80. (doi:10.1002/esp.1233 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/esp.1233>). Article PeerReviewed 2006 ftsouthampton 2023-07-09T20:58:11Z The Athabasca Glacier, resting on a rigid bed, provides an excellent example of subglacialice and till erosion. The presence of a thin mobile till layer is shown by the presence of flutes, saturated till layer, push moraines and ploughed boulders. Cross-cutting striations, v-shaped striations and reversed stoss-and-lee clasts are indicative of clasts rotating within this layer. As the till moves it erodes the bedrock and clasts within it. A combination of erosion by ice and till produces stoss-and-lee-clasts and generates striations on flutes and embedded clasts, as well as eroding the bedrock into a continuum of smoothed, rounded and streamlined forms. Article in Journal/Newspaper glacier* University of Southampton: e-Prints Soton Canada |
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The Athabasca Glacier, resting on a rigid bed, provides an excellent example of subglacialice and till erosion. The presence of a thin mobile till layer is shown by the presence of flutes, saturated till layer, push moraines and ploughed boulders. Cross-cutting striations, v-shaped striations and reversed stoss-and-lee clasts are indicative of clasts rotating within this layer. As the till moves it erodes the bedrock and clasts within it. A combination of erosion by ice and till produces stoss-and-lee-clasts and generates striations on flutes and embedded clasts, as well as eroding the bedrock into a continuum of smoothed, rounded and streamlined forms. |
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Athabasca Glacier, Canada – a field example of subglacial ice and till erosion? |
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Athabasca Glacier, Canada – a field example of subglacial ice and till erosion? |
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Hart, Jane K. (2006) Athabasca Glacier, Canada – a field example of subglacial ice and till erosion? Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 31 (1), 65-80. (doi:10.1002/esp.1233 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/esp.1233>). |
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