Evidence for a cosmogenic origin of fired glaciofluvial beds in the northwestern Andes: Correlation with experimentally heated quartz and feldspar

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 231, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 31-40

  Mahaney, William C ^a   Krinsley, David ^b   Kalm, Volli ^c  

^a Quaternary Surveys   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Black Mat; Fired rock; Laurentide Glacier airburst; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

BLACK MAT; CARBONACEOUS COATING; CLEAVAGE PLANE; COSMOGENIC; FIRED ROCK; GRAIN INTERIORS; GRAIN SURFACE; HEATED QUARTZ; INTERGROWTH; LAURENTIDE GLACIER AIRBURST; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; SEM; VENEZUELA; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FELDSPAR; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; HEATING; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; WELDING;

QUARTZ;

CRYSTALLIZATION; EJECTA; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ICE RETREAT; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; QUARTZ; WISCONSINAN; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ANDES;

PATINA;

EID: 77957808297     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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