Glaciotectonic Landforms and Structures
Published on 30. April 1989
Book
Hardback
X, 206 pages
978-0-7923-0100-4 (ISBN)
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` ... it can be recommended as a useful source of reference. 'Journal of Quaternary Science, 5:3
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Edition
1989 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
X, 206 p.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
534 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7923-0100-4 (9780792301004)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-015-6841-8
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Content
1. Nature of glaciotectonism.- Historical development.- Definition of glaciotectonism.- Glaciotectonic structures.- Glaciotectonic landforms.- 2. Hill-hole pair.- Wolf Lake, Alberta, Canada.- Herschel Island, Yukon, Canada.- Eyjabakkajökull, Iceland.- 3. Large composite-ridges.- Møns Klint, Denmark.- Dirt Hills and Cactus Hills, Saskatchewan, Canada.- Prophets Mountains, North Dakota, United States.- 4. Small composite-ridges.- Brandon Hills, Manitoba, Canada.- Utrecht Ridge, the Netherlands.- Vatnajökull, Iceland.- Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway.- 5. Cupola-hills.- Ristinge Klint, Langeland, Denmark.- Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, United States.- Hvideklint, Møn, Denmark.- 6. Megablocks and rafts.- Esterhazy, Saskatchewan, Canada.- Southern Alberta, Canada.- Kvarnby, Skåne, Sweden.- 7. Diapirs, intrusions and wedges.- Kansas Drift, Kansas, United States.- Herdla Moraines, Norway.- Systofte, Falster, Denmark.- 8. Applied glaciotectonics.- Highwall failure, Highvale Coal Mine, Alberta, Canada.- Highway construction, Maymount, Saskatchewan, Canada.- Diatomite quarries, Fur, Denmark.- 9. Distribution of glaciotectonic phenomena.- Continent-scale distribution.- Regional distribution.- Model for lobate pattern of glaciotectonism.- Kineto-stratigraphy.- 10. Dynamism of glaciotectonic deformation.- Fundamental cause of glaciotectonism.- Initiation of thrust faulting.- Continuation of thrust faulting.- Scale models of glaciotectonism.- 11. Glaciotectonic analogs.- Mississippi Delta mudlumps, Mississippi, United States.- Thin-skinned thrusting.- Convergent plate boundary.