
doi: 10.1086/628982
Pebble fabric studies on ice-rafted diamictons have been limited to general observations, with authors noting preferences toward vertical, random, or horizontal orientations. To clarify such observations, pebble fabric data were collected from a fossiliferous diamicton of late Pleistocene age located on Whidbey Island, Washington. The ice-rafted origin of this unit is supported by several independent characteristics including in situ macrofauna and microfauna, conformity with subaqueous lithofacies containing dropstones, lower bulk densities and higher void ratios than associated tills, soft sediment deformation structures suggestive of iceberg dumping, textural gradations, and facies relationships. Analysis using the eigenvalue method indicates that ice-rafted fabrics are nearly random with little consistency of vector orientations between sites and without any relationship to the probable direction of glacial flow. The weak fabric is mainly the product of settling through the water column and impact wit...
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