
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. -Authors
Additional publication details
Publication type | Article |
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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 |