Till : a glacial process sedimentology / by David J.A. Evans.

By:

Evans, David J. A [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Wiley-Blackwell cryosphere science seriesPublisher: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley, 2018Description: vii, 390 pContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: TillDDC classification:

551.314 Ev11T 23

LOC classification:

QE579

Contents:

Glacigenic diamictons : a rationale for study -- A brief history of till research and developing nomenclature -- Till : when is it an inappropriate term? -- Glacigenic diamictons : a strategy for field description and analysis -- Subglacial sedimentary processes : origins of till matrix and terminal grade -- Subglacial sedimentary processes : modern observations on till evolution -- Subglacial sedimentary processes : laboratory and modelling experiments on till -- Evolution -- Measuring strain signatures in glacial deposits -- The geological record : products of lodgement, cavity fill and the boulder -- Pavement problem -- The geological record : deforming bed deposits -- The geological record : sliding bed deposits -- The geological record : impacts of pressurisedwater (clastic dykes) -- The geological record : melt-out till -- The geological record : glacitectonite -- Glacial diamictons unrelated to subglacial processes -- Till spatial mosaics, temporal variability and architecture -- Concluding remarks : the case for a simplified nomenclature.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Library and Documentation Division	551.314 Ev11T (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		112215

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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