Formation of subglacial till under transient bed conditions: Deposition, deformation, and basal decoupling under a Weichselian ice sheet lobe, central Poland

Sedimentology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-106

  Piotrowski, Jan A ^a   Larsen, N K ^a   Menzies, J ^b   Wysota, W ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Basal decoupling; Bed deformation; Lodgement; Subglacial processes; Till

Indexed keywords

ICE SHEET; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; TILL; WEICHSELIAN;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

EID: 33644856919     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00755.x     Document Type: Article

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