A practical guide to the study of glacial sediments
Coordonnateurs : Evans David J. A., Benn Douglas I.
A Practical Guide to the Study of Glacial Sediments is a guide to the standard techniques employed to read the sedimentary record of former glaciers and ice sheets. It demonstrates that the often complex and fragmentary glacial sedimentary record can, when examined systematically and rationally, provide detailed insights into former environments and climates in places where no other evidence is available. The complementary techniques covered in this book include: facies description, grain size analysis, clast form assessment, clast macrofabric analysis, micromorphology, particle lithology and assessment of engineering properties. They yield consistent and meaningful results in a range of glacial depositional environments throughout the world, from the high Arctic to the Himalayas.
A Practical Guide to the Study of Glacial Sediments provides students and researchers with a clear and accessible guide to recording and interpreting glacial successions wherever the location.
Acknowledgements
Figure Acknowledgements
Chapter 1
Introduction and rationale
D.I Benn and D.J.A. Evans
Chapter 2
Facies description and the logging of sedimentary particles
D.J.A. Evans and D.I. Benn
Chapter 3
The size of sedimentary particles
T.B. Hoey
Chapter 4
Clast morphology
D.I. Benn
Chapter 5
Macrofabric
D.I. Benn
Chapter 6
Micro-scale features and structures
S.J. Carr
Chapter 7
Particle lithology (or mineral and geochemical analysis)
J. Walden
Chapter 8
Engineering properties
B.R. Rea
Chapter 9
The research project - a case study of Quaternary glacial sediments
D.I. Benn, D.J.A. Evans, E.R. Phillips, J.F. Hiemstra, J. Walden and T.B.Hoey
References
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Thème d’A practical guide to the study of glacial sediments :
Mots-clés :
debris, deformation, flow, glacigenic, ice, porewater, pressures, sheet, subglacial, tills