Open AccessIcing ridges: A sedimentary criterion for recognizing former occurrence of icings
Author(s) -
Ole Humlum
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
bulletin of the geological society of denmark
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.674
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2245-7070
pISSN - 0011-6297
DOI - 10.37570/bgsd-1979-28-03
Subject(s) - outwash plain , ridge , geology , icing , scale (ratio) , geomorphology , margin (machine learning) , paleontology , glacial period , geography , oceanography , computer science , cartography , machine learning
Small-scale deformations of glaciofluvial sediments is described from a Greenland outwash plain partly covered by icings (Aufeis, naleds). On the sudace these deformations takes the form of small ridges, parallel to the margin of the icings. Formation of the ridges is ascribed to processes during disintegration of icings, and the genetic term » Icing-ridge« is proposed. Icing ridges produced in a braided river envi- ronment are considered as most likely to be preserved at the base of small-scale coarsening upward sequences.