Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-383) and index.
Contents:
Glacigenic diamictons : a rationale for study -- A brief history of till research and developing nomenclature -- Till : when is it an inappropriate term? -- Glacigenic diamictons : a strategy for field description and analysis -- Subglacial sedimentary processes : origins of till matrix and terminal grade -- Subglacial sedimentary processes : modern observations on till evolution -- Subglacial sedimentary processes : laboratory and modelling experiments on till evolution -- Measuring strain signatures in glacial deposits -- The geological record : products of lodgement, cavity fill and the boulder pavement problem -- The geological record : deforming bed deposits -- The geological record : sliding bed deposits -- The geological record : impacts of pressurised water (clastic dykes) -- The geological record : melt-out till -- The geological record : glacitectonite -- Glacial diamictons unrelated to subglacial processes -- Till spatial mosaics, temporal variability and architecture -- Concluding remarks : the case for a simplified nomenclature.
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