Resedimentation of debris on an ice-cored lateral moraine in the high-Arctic (Kongsvegen, Svalbard)

Auteurs :
BENNETT, M.R.
HUDDART, D.
GLASSER, N.F.
HAMBREY, M.J.

Description :
This paper documents the sediment-flow processes associated with the resedimentation of an ice-cored lateral moraine at Kongsvegen, Svalbard. Decay of the ice-cored lateral moraine is dominated by the development of a sediment-flow fan, which has an hour-glass form in plan. The evolution of this fan and the likely end-products after complete deglaciation are discussed, and this paper contributes modern analogue data relevant to the interpretation of the Pleistocene landform and sediment record.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Geomorphology (Amsterdam), issn : 0169-555X, 2000, vol. 35, n°. 1-2, p. 21-40, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 57 ref.

Date :
2000

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