Fluvial overprinting of glacially induced microtextures on quartz grains derived from the Chitina Glacier, Alaska

• Main Author: Brannan, David
• Other Authors: Leverington, David W., Hetherington, Callum J., Sweet, Dustin E.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Quartz; Microtextures; Glacier; Chitina Glacier; glacier; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2346/63655

Microtextures revealed through scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of quartz grain surfaces can be useful for interpreting sedimentary transport mechanisms, especially in eolian, fluvial, and glacial depositional environments. Few studies have applied SEM microtextural analysis with systematic sampli...