About This Item

Share This Item

The AAPG/Datapages Combined Publications Database

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

Abstract


Journal of Sedimentary Petrology
Vol. 35 (1965)No. 3. (September), Pages 753-758

Surface Boulder Orientation Studies around the Northwestern Margin of the Barnes Ice Cap, Baffin Island, Canada: NOTES

J. T. Andrews

ABSTRACT

The paper examines the orientation of 37 surface boulder fabrics taken from three depositional environments around the Barnes Ice Cap, north-central Baffin Island. These were the surface of ground moraine, including both till plains and boulder fields, in front of end, or lateral, moraines and on outwash plains. The results are tested by vector analysis. They show that the orientation of surface boulders in the first two environments correspond very closely with the known ice movement. This method is both more accurate and faster than ground moraine till fabric techniques.


Pay-Per-View Purchase Options

The article is available through a document delivery service. Explain these Purchase Options.

Watermarked PDF Document: $16
Open PDF Document: $28