• DOI:10.1130/0016-7606(1972)83[3059:PSACOF]2.0.CO;2
Corpus ID: 56240248

Paraglacial Sedimentation: A Consideration of Fluvial Processes Conditioned by Glaciation

@article{Church1972ParaglacialSA,
  title={Paraglacial Sedimentation: A Consideration of Fluvial Processes Conditioned by Glaciation},
  author={M. Church and J. M. Ryder},
  journal={Geological Society of America Bulletin},
  year={1972},
  volume={83},
  pages={3059-3072}
}

M. Church, J. M. Ryder

Published 1972

Geology

Geological Society of America Bulletin

Glaciation is schematically considered as a perturbation of “normal” fluvial conditions. Drift is unstable in a proglacial or postglacial fluvial environment, resulting in heightened sediment movement that continues as long as drift material remains easily accessible for fluvial erosion and transportation. Sediment yield bears no relation to concurrent primary production of weathered debris. Examples of such “paraglacial” denudation and sedimentation are reported from two contrasting areas… CONTINUE READING

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