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The Interaction Of Eolian Sand Transport, Vegetation, And Dune Geomorphology: Currituck Spit, Virginia-North Carolina, Andrew L. Gutman
The Interaction Of Eolian Sand Transport, Vegetation, And Dune Geomorphology: Currituck Spit, Virginia-North Carolina, Andrew L. Gutman
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Morphology And Anatomy Of The Norwood Esker, Ontario, John Arthur Dixon
Morphology And Anatomy Of The Norwood Esker, Ontario, John Arthur Dixon
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Over its 25 km. length the Norwood esker traverses two morphologically different areas, a northern section of kame, and a southern section of elongated drumlins. In the north the esker consists of single and multiple ridges: where multiple, the ridges are superimposed on a lower, broader, plateau-like base. In the south a high, steep-sided single ridge is present. In both areas, where single, the ridge splits locally into two narrower ridges which region a short distance downstream.
Internally, the esker contains mostly cross-laminated sands, tough-shaped and tabular sets of cross-bedded sands and gravel, and matrix-supported sandy gravels. The cross-laminated sands …