Quantitative particle size, microtextural and outline shape analyses of glacigenic sediment reworked by paraglacial debris flows

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-62

  Curry, A M ^a   Porter, P R ^b   Irvine Fynn, T D L ^c   Rees, G ^d   Sands, T B ^b   Puttick, J ^b  

^a ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF PHNOM PENH   (Cambodia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fourier decomposition; Microtexture; Paraglacial; Principal component analysis (PCA); Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; OXIDE MINERALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; QUARTZ; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DEBRIS FLOWS; FOURIER DECOMPOSITION; GLACIGENIC SEDIMENTS; IN-SITU; LONG DISTANCES; MICROTEXTURE; PARAGLACIAL; PARENT MATERIALS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS (PCA); PROCESS OPERATIONS; QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES; QUARTZ GRAINS; SCALE OF OBSERVATIONS; SHAPE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEBRIS FLOW; FOURIER TRANSFORM; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TEXTURE;

EID: 63149103188     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1688     Document Type: Article

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