Micromorphological analysis of glacial sediments in Antarctica: An example from the Ricker Hills tillite.

A number of sections of tillite and glacio-deformed bedrock have been collected at Ricker Hills (Victoria Land). The thin section have been analyzed and described with a micromorphological approach for characterizing the depositional environment.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fasano F, BARONI, CARLO
Other Authors: Brancolini G., Ghezzo C., Morelli A., Fasano, F, Baroni, Carlo
Format: Conference Object
Language:English
Published: Terra Antartica Reports 2003
Subjects:
tillite
Ricker Hills Tillite
micromorphology
wet-based ice sheet
East Antarctic Ice Sheet
Victoria Land
Antarctica
Antarctic
Ricker Hills
Antarc*
Ice Sheet
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11568/233009
Description
Summary:A number of sections of tillite and glacio-deformed bedrock have been collected at Ricker Hills (Victoria Land). The thin section have been analyzed and described with a micromorphological approach for characterizing the depositional environment.

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