Evidence, from microstructures, of deformable bed conditions within drumlins, Chimney Bluffs, New York State

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 111, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 161-175

  Menzies, John ^a   Zaniewski, Kamil ^a,b   Dreger, Derek ^c  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deformable bed; Diamicton; Drumlin; Micromorphology

Indexed keywords

DEFORMABLE BED; DRUMLIN; MICROMORPHOLOGY;

USA, NEW YORK, CHIMNEY BLUFFS;

EID: 0031471068     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(97)00013-4     Document Type: Article

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