A new 'microstructural mapping' methodology for the identification, analysis and interpretation of polyphase deformation within subglacial sediments

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 19-20, 2011, Pages 2570-2596

  Phillips, Emrys ^a   van der Meer, Jaap J M ^b   Ferguson, Amanda ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Micromorphology; Microstructural analysis; Subglacial traction till

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISATION; FABRIC DEVELOPMENT; FLOW DIRECTION; GRAPHICAL METHODS; HIGH-RESOLUTION DIGITAL SCANS; LONG AXIS; MICRO FABRIC; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MICROMORPHOLOGIES; MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; PLEISTOCENE; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT; SUBGLACIAL SEDIMENT; SUBGLACIAL TRACTION TILL; THIN SECTION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DEFORMATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; DEPOSITION; DIAMICTON; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ICE FLOW; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MAPPING METHOD; METAMORPHISM; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RESOLUTION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SKELETON; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 80051891779     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.04.024     Document Type: Article

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