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Annotated bibliography of penecontemporaneous deformational structures in sediments 1819-April, 1978

January 1, 1978

This bibliography summarizes the literature concerned with penecontemporaneous deformational and related structures in sediments produced in various depositional environments. Such structures are formed at the time of or shortly after the deposition of the sediments, and may be broadly construed to include deformation derived from both inorganic and organic processes. Structures associated with glacial and periglacial deposits and processes are included, in part, because they often mimic structures in other types of deposits that were produced by non-glacial processes, and because their description and interpretation expands the morphological variation of similar structures in dissimilar environments. These structures are most likely to be confused with other structures in instances where the environment of formation is in question. Excluded from the bibliography are those articles concerned with purely tectonic deformation such as folds, faults, shears, and tectonites. Excluded also are the products of chemical alteration processes.

Publication Year 1978
Title Annotated bibliography of penecontemporaneous deformational structures in sediments 1819-April, 1978
DOI 10.3133/ofr78510
Authors John D. Sims
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Open-File Report
Series Number 78-510
Index ID ofr78510
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse