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Textural distinction of Main Glaciation and Scottish Readvance tills in the Cumberland lowland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

David Huddart
David Huddart
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, The University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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Summary

The sand/matrix ratio technique is described and has been shown to provide a rapid method of correlating till units in the Cumberland lowland which belong to separate glacial phases. Basal tills have a relatively constant sand/silt-matrix ratio compared with flowage tills in the same locality.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 108 , Issue 4 , July 1971 , pp. 317 - 324
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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