Turbidity-current channels in Queen Inlet, Glacier Bay, Alaska
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
- By:
- P.R. Carlson, R.D. Powell, and D.M. Rearic
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Abstract
Queen Inlet is unique among Glacier Bay fjords because it alone has a branching channel system incised in the Holocene sediment fill of the fjord floor. Queen Inlet and other known channel-containing fjords are marine-outwash fjords; the tidewater glacial fjords do not have steep delta fronts on which slides are generated and may not have a sufficient reservoir of potentially unstable coarse sediment to generate channel-cutting turbidity currents. Presence or absence of channels, as revealed in the ancient rock record, may be one criterion for interpreting types of fjords. -AuthorsAdditional publication details
- Publication type:
- Article
- Publication Subtype:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Turbidity-current channels in Queen Inlet, Glacier Bay, Alaska
- Series title:
- Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
- Volume:
- 26
- Issue:
- 4
- Year Published:
- 1989
- Language:
- English
- Larger Work Type:
- Article
- Larger Work Subtype:
- Journal Article
- Larger Work Title:
- Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
- First page:
- 807
- Last page:
- 820