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Baltrunas, V, Waller, RI, Kazakauskas, V, Paskauskas, S and Katinas, V (2014) A comparative case study of subglacial bedforms in northern Lithuania and south-eastern Iceland. Baltica, 27 (2). 75 -92.

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Abstract

This paper aims to compare the dynamics of the subglacial environment as determined by an analysis of the structure and sedimentology of both Pleistocene and modern glacial deposits. Investigations focused on subglacial sediments in areas of streamlined relief in northern Lithuania (Ruopiškiai megascale subglacial lineations - MSGL) and south-eastern Iceland (drumlinised terrain exposed by the recent retreat of Skeiðarárjökull glacier). Sedimentological analyses involved granulometry, till macrofabrics, and the anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) of micro-clasts. Comparative investigations of subglacial bedforms exposed at Ruopiškiai and Skeiðarárjökull highlighted differences in their formation and post-genetic transformation. In both cases, their initiation was associated with ice advance and subglacial sediment deformation. However, subsequent dynamics were different.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Listed as DOAJ Journal (Directory of Open Access Journals), therefore uploaded by repository team on 16.3.15
Uncontrolled Keywords: subglacial environment, drumlin, till, magnetic susceptibility
Subjects: Q Science > QE Geology
Divisions: Faculty of Natural Sciences > School of Physical and Geographical Sciences
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Depositing User: Symplectic
Date Deposited: 16 Mar 2015 15:14
Last Modified: 15 May 2019 09:19
URI: https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/287

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