| Abstract: | Emplacement of glacial moraines normally results in obliteration of older moraines deposited by less extensive glacial advances, a process we call ‘obliterative overlap‘. Assuming randomness and obliterative overlap, after 10 glacial episodes the most likely number of surviving moraines is only three. The record of the Pleistocene is in agreement with the probability analysis: the 10 glaciations during the past 0.9 Myr inferred from the deep-sea record resulted in moraine sequences in which only two or three different-aged moraine belts can generally be distinguished. -from Authors |
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| Citation Author: | Gibbons, A. B.; Megeath, J. D.; Pierce, K. L. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Probability of moraine survival in a succession of glacial advances.; 1984; Article; Journal; Geology; Gibbons, A. B.; Megeath, J. D.; Pierce, K. L. |
| Citation Start Page: | 327 |
| Citation Volume: | 12 |
| Citation Year: | 1984 |
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| Text: | Probability of moraine survival in a succession of glacial advances.; 1984; Article; Journal; Geology; Gibbons, A. B.; Megeath, J. D.; Pierce, K. L. |
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| Date Other: | Sun, 1 Jan 1984 00:00 -0600 |
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