1st Edition
Genetic Classifications of Glacigenic Deposits Final report of the INQUA Commission Genesis & Lithology of Quaternary Deposits
304 Pages
by
CRC Press
Final report of the Commission on Genesis and Lithology of Glacial Quaternary Deposits of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA). No index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Preface; 1 Tills and related diamictons; Glacigenic processes, deposits, and landforms; Tills: Their genetic terminology and classification; Comment on glacitectonite, deformation till, and comminution till; Glacitectonite: Brecciated sediments and cataclastic sedimentary rocks formed subglacially; Origin of a till-like diamicton by shearing; Sedimentology of a Pleistocene glacigenic diamicton sequence near Campbell River, Vancouver Island, British Columbia; A lithofacies analysis and interpretation of depositional environments of montane glacial diamictons, Jasper, Alberta, Canada; Sublimation till; Watermorainic sediments: Origin and classification Protalus till; Glacigenic resedimentation: Classification concepts and application to mass-movement processes and deposits; 2 Indicator tracing and engineering; Glacigenic deposits as indicators of glacial movements and their use for indicator tracing; Application of glacial dynamics, genetic differentiation of glacigenic deposits and their landforms to indicator tracing in the search for ore deposits; On a genetic classification of tills in engineering geology; 3 Glacial deposits and landforms in general; On the comparison and standardization of investigation methods for the identification of genetic varieties of glacigenic deposits; Late glacial ice lobes and glacial landforms in Scandinavia; Genetic classification of glaciofluvial deposits and criteria for their recognition; Classification of glaciolacustrine sediments; A provisional genetic classification of glaciomarine environments, processes, and sediments; Classification of glacial morphologic features; Some remarks on: Classification of glacial morphologic features, by R. P. Goldthwait; Spectrum of constructional glaciotectonic landforms.
Biography
R.P. Goldthwait, Ohio State University. C.L. Matsch, University ofMinnesota-Duluth
