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GENETIC CLASSIFICATION OF GLACIGENIC DEPOSITS

Written by R.P. Goldthwait, C.L. Matsch
Published by A.A. Balkema in 1988
ISBN: 9061916941

GENETIC CLASSIFICATION OF GLACIGENIC DEPOSITS
Written by R.P. Goldthwait, C.L. Matsch.
Stock no. 1710874
1st. 1988. Hardback. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial Boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 9061916941. Tape marks to endpapers.

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Cover of GENETIC CLASSIFICATION OF GLACIGENIC DEPOSITS by R.P. Goldthwait; C.L. Matsch

Contents

  • 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 Cambell River, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
  • A lithofacies analysis and interpretation of depositional environments of montane glacial diamictons
  • 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 of 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 glazigenic 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
  • Spectrum of constructional glaciotectonic landforms
  • List of Contributors