A revised approach to discriminating sediment transport histories in glacigenic sediments in a temperate alpine environment: A case study from Fox Glacier, New Zealand

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 895-900

  Brook, Martin S ^a   Lukas, Sven ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clast shape; Lithology; RA C 40; RWR C 40; Temperate glacier; Transport paths

Indexed keywords

CLAST SHAPE; CO-VARIANCE; GLACIGENIC SEDIMENTS; NEW ZEALAND; RA-C 40; RWR-C 40; SHAPE MEASUREMENTS; STANDARD METHOD; TRANSPORT PATHS;

DEBRIS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

LITHOLOGY;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DEBRIS FLOW; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; LITHOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

FOX GLACIER; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WEST COAST [SOUTH ISLAND];

EID: 84862669993     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3250     Document Type: Article

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