UID:
almahu_9948601124702882
Format:
X, 206 p.
,
online resource.
Edition:
1st ed. 1989.
ISBN:
9789401568418
Series Statement:
Glaciology and Quaternary Geology, 5
Note:
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.
In:
Springer Nature eBook
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9789401568432
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9780792301004
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9789401568425
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-015-6841-8
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-6841-8
