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Author : Gilbert, R.
Date : 1990
Title : Rafting in glacimarine environments
Publication : Glacimarine Environments: Processes and Sediments, Edited by: J.A. Dowdeswell and J.D. Scourse, J. D. The Geological Society Special Publication, London.
Issue : 53:
Page(s) : 105-120
Abstract
Sources of rafted sediment include glacial, colluvial, fluvial, aeolian and littoral settings. Processes of incorporation and rafting include active incorporation by freezing and passive loading of icebergs and sea ice, and rafting by vegetation, principally marine algae. Passively loaded sediments, being loose on the ice surface, are more easily lost from the raft and are mose likely to form deposits of more than one particle at a time. Other factors that control the distribution of rafted sediments include the strength and stability of the raft, its rate of deteoriation, its ability to leave the source area, and its movement at sea.
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