Sand intraclasts as evidence of subglacial deformation of Middle Pleistocene permafrost, North Norfolk, UK

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 23-24, 2011, Pages 3481-3500

  Waller, Richard ^a   Phillips, Emrys ^b   Murton, Julian ^c   Lee, Jonathan ^b   Whiteman, Colin ^d  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glacial sedimentology; Glacitectonic deformation; Palaeoglaciology; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

LIQUID WATER CONTENT; MECHANICAL INSTABILITIES; PALAEOGLACIOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PROGLACIAL; RIGID BODY; TIME DEFORMATION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; PERMAFROST; SAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DEFORMATION;

INSTABILITY; MELTING; MINERAL; MINERALOGY; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST; PLEISTOCENE; RHEOLOGY; SAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER CONTENT;

ENGLAND; NORFOLK [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 82455198582     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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