Morphology and palaeoenvironmental interpretation of deformed soft-sediment clasts: Examples from within Late Pleistocene glacial outwash, Tempo Valley, Northern Ireland

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 128, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 293-306

  Knight, Jasper ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deformation phases; Hydroplastic deformation; Meltwater; Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction; Proglacial sediments

Indexed keywords

CLAST; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; MORPHOLOGY; OUTWASH; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033396310     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00080-9     Document Type: Article

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