Degradation of Ice-Formed Beach Deposits

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  • Peter S. Rosen Atlantic Geoscience Centre, Geological Survey of Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, CANADA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4138/1959

Abstract

Ice-push ridges and kaimoos are depositional features formed by ice on Tabusintac Beach, New Brunswick. These features are transformed into ridge-and-runnel systems when subjected to wave processes. Kaimoo and ice-push ridges 1) protect the beach from storms for a few-week period, 2) induce deposition of sand at the upper beachface and 3) leave a lag deposit of cobble which may be a significant source of cobble transported across the beachface during summer storms.

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Published

1978-08-01

How to Cite

Rosen, P. S. (1978). Degradation of Ice-Formed Beach Deposits. Atlantic Geoscience, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.4138/1959

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