Glaciology and Glacial Geomorphology

  1. Glacial Sediment Transport and Deposition
    1. Sediment Entrainment
      1. Supraglacial Debris
        1. Sources and Characteristics
          1. Rockfall Processes
            1. Medial Moraine Formation
            2. Englacial Debris
              1. Transport Mechanisms
                1. Debris Bands
                2. Subglacial Debris
                  1. Incorporation at the Bed
                    1. Plucking and Abrasion Products
                  2. Sediment Transport Pathways
                    1. Surface Transport
                      1. Internal Transport
                        1. Basal Transport
                          1. Transport Distances
                          2. Glacial Deposition Processes
                            1. Lodgement
                              1. Definition and Conditions
                                1. Lodgement Mechanisms
                                2. Melt-out
                                  1. Supraglacial Melt-out
                                    1. Subglacial Melt-out
                                      1. Englacial Melt-out
                                      2. Sublimation
                                        1. Deposition in Cold Environments
                                        2. Flow and Deformation
                                          1. Deformation of Saturated Sediments
                                            1. Mass Movement Processes
                                          2. Glacial Sediments
                                            1. Till Classification
                                              1. Lodgement Till
                                                1. Melt-out Till
                                                  1. Deformation Till
                                                    1. Flow Till
                                                    2. Till Characteristics
                                                      1. Texture and Grain Size
                                                        1. Structure and Fabric
                                                          1. Sorting Properties
                                                            1. Clast Shape and Orientation
                                                            2. Glaciofluvial Sediments
                                                              1. Characteristics and Sorting
                                                                1. Stratification
                                                                2. Glaciolacustrine Sediments
                                                                  1. Fine-grained Deposits
                                                                    1. Varved Sediments

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                                                                10. Glacial Erosional Landforms