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Relative Dating of Moraines Based on Landform Degradation, Lee Vining Canyon, California

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Marcus Bursik
Marcus Bursik*
Affiliation:
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
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Abstract

Cross-sectional topographic profiles of lateral moraines formed during different glaciations were measured at Lee Vining Canyon, California, to determine whether the degree of moraine degradation could be quantified and used for relative dating. Logarithmic plots of the value of a slope parameter against cross-sectional area show distinct linear trends for moraines of different relative ages. The slopes of these trends suggest that the degradation processes are not among those that can be modeled with the linear diffusion equation.

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Short Papers
Information
Quaternary Research , Volume 35 , Issue 3-Part1 , May 1991 , pp. 451 - 455
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University of Washington

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