Relief peels in the study of palaeoflood slack-water sediments

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)



Description :
This paper shows that relief peels are an effective, and in some cases, indispensable aid in the description and interpretation of especially very fine-grained palaeoflood deposited slack-water sediments. Also it shows that the description of slack-water sediments as massive and structureless, is erroneous in most cases where relief peels are studied in conjunction with field-outcrop sections. Relief peels are an important tool in differentiating between palaeoflood, nonpalaeoflood and intraflood pulses.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Geomorphology (Amsterdam), issn : 0169-555X, 1996, vol. 16, n°. 2, p. 121-126, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 14 ref.

Date :
1996

Editeur :
Pays édition : Pays-Bas, Amsterdam, Elsevier