Till

Till

A Glacial Process Sedimentology

Evans, David J. A.

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

11/2017

400

Dura

Inglês

9781118652596

15 a 20 dias

1036

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Acknowledgements vii

1 Glacigenic Diamictons - A Rationale for Study 1

2 A Brief History of Till Research and Developing Nomenclature 7

3 Till - When is it an Inappropriate Term? 30

4 Glacigenic Diamictons: A Strategy for Field Description and Analysis 35

4.1 Diamicton 35

4.2 (Glacigenic) Melange 37

4.3 Physics of Material Behaviour 40

4.4 Typical Structures 44

4.5 Clast Macrofabrics and Microfabrics 44

5 Subglacial Sedimentary Processes: Origins of Till Matrix and Terminal Grade 54

6 Subglacial Sedimentary Processes:Modern Observations on Till Evolution 59

6.1 Lodgement, Lee-Side Cavity Filling and Ploughing 59

6.2 Deformation 69

6.3 Soft-Bed Sliding (Ice Keel Ploughing), Meltwater Drainage and Ice-Bed Decoupling 77

6.4 Melt-Out 83

6.5 Glacitectonite Production, Rafting and Cannibalisation 86

7 Subglacial Sedimentary Processes: Laboratory and Modelling Experiments on Till Evolution 98

8 Measuring Strain Signatures in Glacial Deposits 104

9 The Geological Record: Products of Lodgement, Cavity Fill and the Boulder Pavement Problem 132

9.1 Introduction - Repositioning Field Studies and Experimental Reductionism 132

9.2 Lodgement 134

9.3 Clast (Boulder) Pavements 139

9.4 Lee-side Cavity Fills 142

10 The Geological Record: Deforming Bed Deposits 145

11 The Geological Record: Sliding Bed Deposits 179

12 The Geological Record: Impacts of PressurisedWater (Clastic Dykes) 188

13 The Geological Record: Melt-out Till 202

14 The Geological Record: Glacitectonite 222

15 Glacial Diamictons Unrelated to Subglacial Processes 259

16 Till Spatial Mosaics, Temporal Variability and Architecture 298

17 Concluding Remarks: The Case for a Simplified Nomenclature 333

References 342

Index 385
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glacigenic diamictons; subglacial sedimentary processes; the origins of till matrix and terminal grade; modern observations on till evolution; laboratory and modelling; experiments on till evolution; measuring strain signatures in glacial deposits; products of lodgement; glacial cavity fill; glacial till and the boulder pavement problem; glacier deforming bed deposits; glacial sliding bed deposits; impacts of pressurized water (clastic dykes) on glacial tills; melt-out till and glacitectonite; glacial diamictons unrelated to subglacial processes; glacial till mosaics and regional till architecture; what is glacial till; glacial till research; understanding glacial till; subglacial process-form relationships; glacial till sedimentology; subglacial bedforms; glacial till process sedimentology