High porosity of basal till at Burroughs glacier, southeastern Alaska
- Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison (United States)
Debris-rich basal ice at Burroughs glacier, southeastern Alaska, has 60 vol% to 70 vol% debris. Recently deposited basal till exceeds 60 vol% sediment with 30% to almost 40% porosity. Where basal ice is very rich in debris, basal till is deposited through melt out with only slight compaction of the debris. Porosity this high in till is commonly associated with subglacially deforming and dilated sediment. However, the recently deposited basal melt-out till at Burroughs glacier has not been deformed after deposition, but has porosity values similar to tills elsewhere interpreted to be subglacially deforming and dilated in an unfrozen state. High porosity can occur in basal melt-out till deposited directly by basal melt out.
- OSTI ID:
- 6893610
- Journal Information:
- Geology; (United States), Vol. 20:9; ISSN 0091-7613
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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