Essays about: "debris flows"

Showing result 6 - 8 of 8 essays containing the words debris flows.

  1. 6. Processes of lateral moraine formation at a debris-covered glacier, Suldenferner (Vedretta di Solda), Italy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Monika Rabanser; [2019]
    Keywords : Lateral moraines; Moraine genesis; Moraine stability; Debris-covered glaciers; Clast shape; Alps; Sedimentology; Glacier fluctuations; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Lateral moraines are key features of glacial landscapes in high-alpine mountain areas. Research on lateral moraine formation is mostly limited to clean-ice glaciers; lateral moraine formation at the margins of debris-covered glaciers is currently poorly understood in an Alpine and sedimentological context. READ MORE

  3. 7. A sedimentological study on the formation of a hummocky moraine at Törnåkra in Småland, southern Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Gunnlaugur Brjánn Thorbergsson ; [2011]
    Keywords : smältvatten; kullformad moränterräng; glaciär; diamikton; dödis; Törnåkra; melt water; hummocky moraine; glacier; diamict; dead ice; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : A detailed sedimentological study was made on a section along the side of a moraine hummock at Törnåkra in Småland, south Sweden. Two sedimentary units, A and B, were identified, based on their sediment characteristics. READ MORE

  4. 8. Reconstruction of fan-shaped outwash in front of the Mýrdalsjökull ice cap, Iceland : architecture and style of sedimentation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Lina Sultan; [2002]
    Keywords : alluvial fans; Hochsanders; sediment architecture; supraglacial material; tephra; lceland; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Smältvatten som transporteras från en glaciär för med sig material som kan ansamlas framför iskanten. De landformer som då bildas får olika karaktär beroende på t.ex. hur materialet transporteras dit och hur depositionen går till. READ MORE