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Author : Gardner, J.S.
Date : 1971
Title : Morphology and sediment characteristics of mountain debris slopes in the Lake Louise district
Publication : Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie N.F.
Issue : 15:
Page(s) : 390-403.
Abstract
The surface morphology and sedimentology of debris slopes in the Lake Louise district of the Canadian Rocky Mountains are described quantitatively. The debris slopes range from small talus cones to large fan-like features. Slope profiles are generally concave, particularly in their lower protions. The surface material is unsorted at any point on the slopes but there is a logarithmic decrease in mean particle size with distance up the slopes. The individual particles show no evidence of rounding and their size and shape are strongly influenced by lithology. Although the size and profiles of the debris slopes differ, the sediment characteristics do not. This coupled with the observation that a variety of processes occur on all the slopes, leads to the conclusion that high mountain debris slopes are best considered as a continuum of features rather than as mutually exclusive types of slope deposits or landforms.
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