Cryoturbations: A sediment structural analysis

1 October 1992

journal article
Published by Wiley in Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Vol. 3 (4) , 343-351
https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.3430030408

Abstract

Cryoturbations have always provoked discussions on their origin. However, the sedimentary structures which result from the deformations differ according to the mechanism involved. Diagnostic characterization by sedimentary structure is especially suited to distinguish between deformations caused by cryohydrostatic and cryostatic pressure on the one hand and by periglacial loading on the other.

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