MICROMORPHOLOGY BIBLIOGRAPHY



The following is an ongoing database of references relevant to micromorphology of glacial sediments. To improve this database please send us new references or those that are thought worthwhile but have been overlooked.
Dr.John Menzies


  • Sampling for Micromorphology
  • Sample Drying and Water Replacement
  • Sample Preparation, Impregnation and Methodology
  • Staining Techniques
  • Related Micromorphology Books
  • Other Glacial References


    SAMPLING FOR MICROMORPHOLOGY

    Griffiths, J.C. 1967. Scientific methods in analysis of 
    sediments. McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York.
    
    Milfred, C.J., F.D. Hole, and J.H. Torrie. 1967. Sampling for 
    pedographic modal analysis of an argillic horizon. Soil Sci. Soc. 
    Am. Proc. 31:244-247.
    
    Peterson, R.G. and L.D. Calvin. 1986. Sampling. p, 33-51. In A. 
    Klute (ed). Methods  of soil analysis, Part 1. Physical and 
    mineralogical methods. Agronomy Momograph No. 9. Am. Soc. Agron., 
    Madison.
    
    Puentes, R., L.P. Wilding, and L.R. Drees. 1992. Microspatial 
    variability and sampling concepts on soil porosity studies in 
    Vertisols. Geoderma 53:373-385.
    
    Redlich, G.C. 1940. Determination of soil structure by 
    microscopical investigation. Soil Sci. 50:3-13.
    
    Soil Survey Staff. 1992. Soil survey laboratory methods manual. 
    Soil survey investigations report No. 42 (version 2.0). USDA-SCS. 
    U.S. Gov. Print. Office, Washington, DC.
    
    Vepraskas, M.J., M.T. Hoover, and J. Bouma. 1991. Sampling 
    strategies for assessing hydraulic conductivity and water-
    conducting voids in saprolite. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 55:165-170.
    
    Wilding, L.P. and L.R. Drees. 1983. Spatial variability and 
    pedology. p. 83-116. In L.P. Wilding, N.E. Smeck and G.F. Hall 
    (eds). Pedogenesis and soil taxomomy: 1. Concepts and 
    interactions. Elsevier, New York.
    
    Wolcott, J. and M. Church. 1991. Strategies for sampling 
    spatially heterogeneous phenomena: the example of river gravels. 
    J. Sediment. Petrol. 61:534-543.
    
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    SAMPLE DRYING and WATER REPLACEMENT

    
    Chartres, C.J., A.J. Ringrose-Voase, and M. Raupach. 1989. A 
    comparison between acetone and dioxane and explanation of their 
    role in water replacement in undisturbed soil samples. J. Soil 
    Sci. 40:849-863.
    
    Moran, C.J., A.B. McBratney, A.J. Ringrose-Voase, and C.J. 
    Chartres. 1989. A method for the dehydration and impregnation of 
    clay soil. J. Soil Sci. 40:569-585.
    
    Murphy, C.P. 1982. A comparative study of three methods of water 
    removal prior to resin impregnation of two soils. J. Soil Sci. 
    33:719-735.
    
    Murphy, C.P. 1985. Faster methods of liquid-phase acetone 
    replacement of water from soils and sediments prior to resin 
    impregnation. Geoderma 35:39-45.
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    SAMPLE PREPARATION, IMPREGNATION and METHODOLOGY

    
    Ashley, G.M. 1973. Impregnation of fine-grained sediments with a 
    polyester resin: A modification of Altemuler's method. J. 
    Sediment. Petrol. 43:298-301.
    
    ASTM. 1988. Standard practice for petrographic examination of 
    hardened concrete. No. C856-83. p. 410-422. In ASTM Annual Book 
    of Standards.
    
    Baker, C.E. and T.S. Reynolds. 1984. Preparing doubly polished 
    sections of temperature sensitive sedimentary rocks. J. Sediment. 
    Petrol. 54:635-636.
    
    Brewer, R., J.R. Sleeman, and R.C. Foster. 1983. The fabric of 
    Australian soils. p. 439-476. In Soils: an Australian viewpoint. 
    CSIRO Division of soils. Academic Press, London.
    
    Boul, S.W. and D.M. Fadness. 1961. A new method of impregnating 
    fragil material for thin sectioning. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 
    25:253.
    
    Bourbeau, G.A., and K.C. Berger. 1947. Thin sections of soils and 
    friable materials prepared by impregnation with plastic 
    "Castolite." Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 12:409-412.
    
    Bullock, P., P.J. Loveland, and C.P.Murphy. 1975. A technique for 
    selective solution of iron oxides in thin sections of soil. J. 
    Soil Sci. 26:247-249.
    
    Cady, J.G., L.P. Wilding and L.R. Drees. 1986. Petrographic 
    microscopic techniques. p. 185-218. In A. Klute (ed.) Methods of 
    soil analysis, Part 1. Physical and mineralogical methods. 
    Agronomy Monograph no. 9 (2nd Ed.). Am. Soc. Agron., Madison.
    
    Cent, J. and R. Brewer. 1971. Preparation of thin sections of 
    soil materials using synthetic resins. CSIRO (Aust.) Division of 
    Soils, Tech. Paper. No. 7.
    
    Conway, J.S. 1982. A simplified method for impregnation of soils  
    and similar clay-rich sediments. J. Sediment. Petrol. 52:650-651.
    
    Crevello, P.D., J.M. Rine, and D.E. Lanesky. 1981. A method for 
    impregnating unconsolidated cores and slabs of calcareous and 
    terrigenous muds. J. Sediment. Petrol. 51:658-660.
    
    Fox, C.A., R.K. Guertin, E. Dickson, S. Sweeney, R. Protz and 
    A.R. Mermut. 1993. Micromorphological methodology for inorganic 
    soils. p. 683-709. In M.R.Carver (ed.) Soil Sampling and methods 
    of analysis. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton.
    
    Fox, C.A. and L.E. Parent. 1993. Micromorphological methodology 
    for organic soils. p. 473-485. In M.R.Carver (ed.) Soil Sampling
    and methods of analysis. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton.
    
    Gile, L.H. 1967. A simplified method for preparation of soil thin 
    sections. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 41:570-572.
    
    Gillott, J.E. 1974. Methods of sample preparation for 
    microstructure analysis of soils. p. 143-164. In Rutherford, G.K. 
    (ed). Soil Microscopy. Proceedings of the fourth international 
    working-meeting on soil micromorphology. The Limestone Press, 
    Kingston, Ontario.
    
    Gorycki, M.A. 1975. Improved adhesions for petrographic thin 
    sections. Am. Mineral. 60:719-721.
    
    Guretin, R.K. and G.A. Bourbeau. 1971. Dry grinding of soil thin 
    sections. Can. J. Soil Sci. 51:243-248.
    
    Hagni, R.D. 1966. The preparation of thin sections of fragmental 
    materials using epoxy resin. Am. Mineral. 51:1237-1242.
    
    Innes, R.P. and D.J. Pluth. 1970. Thin section preparation using 
    an epoxy impregnation for petrographic and electron microprobe 
    analysis. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 34:483-485.
    
    Ireland, H.A. 1971. The preparation of thin sections. p. 367-383. 
    In R.E. Carver (ed.) Procedures in sedimentary petrology. Wiley 
    Interscience, New York.
    
    Jim, C.Y. 1985. Impregnation of moist and dry unconsolidated clay 
    samples using Spurr resin for microstructural studies. J. 
    Sediment. Petrol. 55:597-599.
    
    Jongerius, A. and G. Heintzberger. 1963. The preparation of 
    mammoth-sized thin sections. Soil Survey Papers No. 1. 
    Netherlands Soil Survey Institute, Wageningen.
    
    Langton, J.E. and G. B. Lee. 1965. Preparation of thin sections 
    from moist organic soil materials. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 
    29:221-223.
    
    Lindholm, R.C. and D.A. Dean. 1972. Ultra-thin thin sections in 
    carbonate petrology: A valuable tool. J. Sediment. Petrol.43:295-297.
    
    Lockwood, W.N. 1950. Impregnating sandstone specimens with 
    thermosetting plastics for studies of oil-bearing formations. 
    Bull. Am. Assoc. Petrol. Geol. 34:2061-2067.
    
    Mackenzie, A.F. and J.E. Dawson. 1961. The preparation and study 
    of thin sections of wet organic soil materials. J. Soil Sci. 
    12:142-144.
    
    Middleton, L.T. and M.J. Kraus. 1980. Simple technique for thin-
    section preparation of unconsolidated materials. J. Sediment. 
    Petrol. 50:622-623.
    
    Miedema, R., T.H. Page, and G.J. van de Wall. 1974. A method to 
    impregnate wet soil samples, producing high-quality thin 
    sections. Neth. J. Agric. Sci. 22:37-39.
    
    Milligan, G.C. and G.L. Brown. 1973. Mechanical preparation of 
    thin sections. Can. Mineral. 12:72-75.
    
    Nentwich, F.W. 1994. Proposed accessories for precision grinding 
    of microscope thin-sections. Microscope 42:181-192.
    
    Nentwich, F.W., and R.W. Yole. 1991. Polished thin section 
    preparation of fone-grained siliciclastic rocks. J. Sediment. 
    Petrol. 61: 624-626.
    
    Ney, O.B., D.A. Dean and R.W. Hinds. 1972. Improved thin section 
    techniques for fossil and recent organics. J. Paleontology. 
    46:271-275.
    
    Palle, S, D. Chappard, C. Alexandra, and J.B. Orsini. 1985. 
    Friable rock embedding in methyl methacrylate for thin-sectioning 
    in geological preparations. J. Micro. 141:193-198.
    
    Ringrose-Voase, A.J. 1991. Micromorphology of soil structure: 
    Description, quantification, application. Aust. J. Soil Res. 
    29:777-813.
    
    Sinkankas, J. 1968. High pressure epoxy impregnation of porous 
    materials for thin-section and microprobe analysis. Am Mineral. 
    53:339-342.
    
    Takeda H. 1988. A rapid method for preparing thin sections of 
    soil organic layers. Geoderma 42:159-164.
    
    Thompson, M.L., J.F. McBride, and R. Horton. 1985. Effects of 
    drying treatments on porosity of soil materials. Soil Sci. Soc. 
    Am. J. 49:1360-1364.
    
    Tippkotter, R., K. Ritz, and J.F. Darbyshire. 1986. The preparation of 
    soil thin sections for biological studies. J. Soil Sci.
    37:681-690.
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    STAINING TECHNIQUES

    
    Choquette, P.W. and F.C. Tursell. 1978. A procedure for making 
    the Tital-yellow stain for Mg-calcite perminent. J. Sediment. 
    Petrol. 48:639-642.
    
    Dickson, J.A.D. 1965. A modified staining technique for 
    carbonates in thin section. Nature 205:587.
    
    Evamy, B.D. 1963. The application of a chemical staining 
    technique to a study of dedolomitisation. Sediment. 2:164-170.
    
    Friedman, G.M. 1959. Identification of carbonate minerals by 
    staining methods. J. Sediment. Petrol. 29:87-98.
    
    Friedman, G.M. 1971. Staining. p. 511-530. In R.E. Carver (ed). 
    Procedures in sedimentary petrology. John Wiley & Sons New York.
    
    Gardner, K.L. 1980. Impregnation technique using colored epoxy to 
    define porosity in petrographic thin sections. Can. J. Earth Sci. 
    17:1104-1107.
    
    Gross, D.L. and S.R. Moran. 1970. A technique for the rapid 
    determination of the light minerals of detrital sands. J. 
    Sediment. Petrol. 40:759-761.
    
    Houghton, H.F. 1980. Refined techniques for staining plagioclase 
    and alkali feldspars in thin section. J. Sediment. Petrol. 
    50:629-631.
    
    Lindholm, R.C. and R.B. Finkelman. 1972. Calcite staining: 
    Semiquantitative determination of ferrous iron. J. Sediment. 
    Petrol. 42:239-242.
    
    Morris, W.J. 1985. A convenient method of acid etching. J. 
    Sediment. Petrol. 55:600.
    
    Muller, G. 1967. Methods in sedimentary petrology. Hafner Pub. 
    Co., New York. (section 3.52)
    
    Norman, M.B. 1974. Improved techniques for selective staining of 
    feldspar and other minerals using amaranth. U.S. Geol. Survey, J. 
    Res. 2:73-79.
    
    Poole, A.B. and A. Thomas. 1975. A staining technique for the 
    identification of sulfates in aggregates and concretes. Mineral. 
    Mag. 40:315-316.
    
    Postma, J. and H.J. Altemuller. 1990. Bacteria in thin sections 
    stained with the fluorescent brightener calcoflur white M2R. Soil 
    Biol. Biochem. 22:89-96.
    
    Ruzyla, K. and D.I. Jezek. 1987. Staining method for recognition 
    of pore space in thin and polished sections. J. Sediment. Petrol. 
    57:777-778.
    
    Soeder, D.J. 1990. Applications of fluorescent microscopy to 
    study of pores in tight rocks. Am. Assoc. Petrol. Geol. Bull. 
    74:30-40.
    
    Warne, S. St. J. 1962. A quick field or laboratory staining 
    technique for the differentiation of the major carbonate 
    minerals. J. Sediment. Petrol. 32:29-38.
    
    Yanguas, J.E. and J.J. Dravis. 1985. Blue fluorescent dye 
    technique for recongition of microporosity in sedimentary rocks. 
    J. Sediment. Petrol. 55:600-602.
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    RELATED MICROMORPHOLOGY BOOKS

    
    
    Many of these books have chapters or articles on sampling, sample preparation, and interpretation of results.
    Bisdom, E.B.A. (ed). 1981. Submicroscopy of soils and weathered rocks. Centre for Agricultural Publishing and Documentation, Wageningen. Bisdom, E.B.A. and J. Dudoux (eds). 1983. Submicroscopic studies of soils. Developments in soil science Vol 12. Elsevier Science Publishing Co. Inc., New York. (reprinted in Geoderma, vol 30, 1983). Brewer, R. 1976. Fabric and mineral analysis of soils. Robert E. Krieger Pub. Co., Huntington, New York. Brewer, R. and J.R. Sleeman. 1988. Soil structure and fabric. CSIRO Division of Soils, Adelaide. Bullock, P. and C.P. Murphy (eds). 1983. Soil micromorphology 1: Techniques and applications. AB Academic Press. Berkhamsted, Herts. U.K. Bullock, P. and C.P. Murphy (eds). 1983. Soil micromorphology 2: Soil genesis. AB Academic Press. Berkhamsted, Herts. U.K. Bullock, P. et al. (eds). 1985. Handbook for thin section description. WAINE Research Publications. Albrighton, Wolverhampton, U.K. Courty, M.A., P. Goldberg, and R. Macphail. 1989. Soils and micromorphology in archaeology. Cambridge University Press, New York. Douglas, L.A. (ed). 1990. Soil micromorphology: A basic and applied science. Elsevier Science Publishing Co., Inc. New York. Douglas, L.A. and M.L. Thompson (eds). 1985. Soil micromorphology and soil classification. SSSA Special Publication no. 15. Soil Sci. Soc. Am., Madison. Erlin, B. and D.C. Stark (eds). 1990. Petrograpgy applied to concrete and concrete aggregates. ASTM, Philadelphia. FitzPatrick, E.A. 1980. The micromorphology of soils. A manual for the preparation and description of thin sections of soils. Dept. of Soil Science, Univ, of Aberdeen, U.K. FitzPatrick, E.A. 1984. Micromorphology of soils. Chapman & Hall, New York. FitzPatrick, E.A. 1993. Soil microscopy and micromorphology. John Wiley & Sons, New York. Fedoroff, N., L.M. Bresson, and M.A. Courty (eds). 1987. Soil Micromorphology. Proceedings of the VIIth international working meeting on soil micromorphology. Association Francaise pour l'Etude du Sol. Paris. Fleischer, M., R.E. Wilcox, and J.J. Matzko. 1984. Microscopic determinations of the nonopaque minerals. U.S. Geol. Survey Bull. 1627. U.S. Gov. Print. Office, Washington, DC. Humphries, D.W. 1992. The preparation of thin sections of rocks, minerals, and ceramics. Microscopy Handbooks 24. Oxford University Press, New York. Kubiena, W.L. 1938. Micropedology. Collegiate Press, Inc., Ames, Iowa. Kubiena, W.L. 1970. Micromorphological features of soil geography. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, NJ. MacKenzie, W.S. and C. Guilford. 1980. Atlas of rock-forming minerals in thin section. John Wiley & Sons, New York. Mermut, A.R. (ed). 1987. Micromorphology and submicroscopical studies of North American soils. Geoderma Vol. 40, Nos. 1-2 (special issue). Miedema, R. and A.R. Mermut. 1990. Soil micromorphology: an annotated bibliography 1968-1986. Wallingford: CAB International for ISSS. Murphy, C.P. 1986. Thin section preparation of soils and sediments. AB Academic Publishers. Berkhamsted, Herts, U.K. Nahon, D. 1991. Introduction to the petrology of soils and chemical weathering. John Wiley & Sons. New York. Osmond, D.A. and P. Bullock (eds). 1970. Micromorphological techniques and applications. Agricultural Research Council, Soil Survey Technical Monograph No. 2. Harpenden, U.K. Rutherford, G.K. (ed). 1974. Soil Microscopy. Proceedings of the fourth international working-meeting on soil micromorphology. The Limestone Press, Kingston, Ontario. Scholle, P.A. 1978. A color illustrated guide to carbonate rock constituents, textures, cements, and porosities. AAPG Memoir 27. Am. Assoc. Petrol. Geol., Tulsa. Scholle, P.A. 1979. A color illustrated guide to constituents, textures, cements, and porosities of sandstones and associated rocks. AAPG Memoir 28. Am. Assoc. Petrol. Geol., Tulsa. Smart, P. and N.K. Tovey. 1981. Electron microscopy of soils and sediments: examples. Oxford University Press, New York. Smart, P. and N.K. Tovey. 1982. Electron microscopy of soils and sediments: techniques. Oxford University Press, New York. Stoiber, R.E. and S.A. Morse. 1994. Crystal identification with the polarizing microscope. Chapman & Hall, New York. Stoops, G. and H. Eswaran (eds). 1986. Soil Micromorphology. Van Nostrand Reinhold Soil Science Series (a collection of classic and modern papers).
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    OTHER GLACIAL REFERENCES

     
                                                                           
    
    
    Boulton, G.S., 1970. On the deposition of subglacial and melt-out 
    tills at the margin of certain Svalbard
    glaciers. Journal of Glaciology, 
    9: 231-245.
    
    Boulton, G.S. and Hindmarsh, R., 1987. Sediment deformation beneath 
    glaciers: rheology and geological
    consequences. Journal of Geophysical 
    Research, 92: 9059-9082.
    
    Brewer, R., 1976. Fabric and mineral analysis of soils. Krieger, 
    Huntington, 482 pp.
    
    Bullock, P., Federoff, N., Jongerius, A., Stoops, G. and Tursina, T., 1985. 
    Handbook for soil thin section
    description. Waine Research Publ., 
    Albrighton, 152 pp.
    
    Calvert, S.E. and Veevers, J.J., 1962. Minor structures of uncondolidated 
    marine sediments revealed by X-radiographyradiography. Sedimentology- 1:
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    Catt, J.A., 1986. Soils and Quaternary geology. Monographs on Soil 
    and Resource Surveys, 11, Clarendon,
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    Cegla, J., Dzulynski, S. and Rzechowski, J., 1976. Experiments on 
    gradational contacts between varves and
    till. UAM Geografia 
    (Till -its genesis and diagenesis), 12: 161-165.
    
    Coutard, J.P. and MGcher, H.J., 1985. Deformations of laminated 
    silt loam due to repeated freezing and
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    Dreimanis, A., 1988. Tills, their genetic terminolgy and classification. 
    In: R.P. Goldthwait and C.L. Matsch
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    Evenson, E.B., 1970. A method for 3-dimensional microfabrics analysis 
    of tills obtained from exposures or
    cores. Journal of Sedimentary 
    Petrology, 40: 762-764.
    
    Evenson, E.B., 1971. The relationship of macro to microfabrics of tills 
    and the genesis of glacial landforms
    in Jefferson County, Wisconsin. 
    In: R.P. Goldthwait (Editor), Till, a symposium. Ohio State 
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    Evenson, E.B., Dreimanis, A. and Newsome, J.W., 1977. Subaquatic flowtills: 
    a new interpretation for the
    genesis of some laminated till deposits. 
    Boreas, 6: 115-133.
    
    Eyles, N., Day, T.E., and Garica, A., 1987. Depositional controls on the 
    magnetic characteristics of
    lodgement tills and other glacial diamict 
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    Fairchild, I.J. and Hambrey, M.J., 1984. The Vendian succession of 
    northeastern Spitsbergen: petrogenesis
    of a dolomite-tillite association. 
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    Feeser, V., 1988. On the mechanics of glaciotectonic contortion of clays. 
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    A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, pp. 63-76.
    
    FitzPatrick, E.A., 1984. Micromorphology of soils. Chapman and Hall, 
    London, 433 pp.
    
    Ginkel, M. van, in prep. Vertikale variabiliteit in de micromorfologie 
    van dikke till afzettingen in Nederland.M.Sc. thesis, University of 
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    Gravenor, C.P. and Meneley, W.A., 1958. Glacial flutings in central 
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    Haldorsen, S., J-rgensen, P., Rappol, M. and Riezebos, P.A., 1989. 
    Composition and source of the clay-sized fraction of Saalian till
    in The Netherlands. Boreas, 18: 89-97.
    
    Johnson, M.D., 1980. Origin of the Lake Superior Red Clay and glacial 
    history of Wisconsin's Lake Superior
    shoreline west of the Bayfield 
    peninsula. M.Sc. thesis, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 108 pp
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    Johnson, M.D., 1983. The origin and microfabric of Lake Superior Red Clay. 
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    Korina, N.A. and Faustova, M.A., 1964. Microfabrics of modern and old 
    moraines. In: A. Jongerius (Editor),
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    Kluiving, S.J., 1989. Glaciotektoniek in de stuwwal van ItterbeckUelsen. 
    M.Sc. thesis, University of
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    Kulig, J.J., 1985. A sedimentation model for the deposition of 
    glacigenic deposits in central Alberta. M.Sc.
    thesis, University of 
    Alberta, Edmonton, 245 pp (unpublished).
    
    Lafeber, D., 1964. Soil fabric and soil mechanics. In: A. Jongerius 
    (Editor), Soil Micromorphology, Elsevier,
    Amsterdam, pp. 351-360.
    
    Lagerlund, E. and Meer, J.J.M. van der, in press. Micromorphology 
    of the Lund Diamicton, Sweden.
    Lundqua Report.
    
    Love, M.A. and Derbyshire, E., 1985. Microfabric of glacial soils 
    and its quantitative measurement. In: M.C.
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    Glacial tills 85, Engineering Technics Press, Edinburgh, pp. 129-135.
    
    May, R.W., 1980. The formation and significance of irregularly 
    shaped quartz grains in till. Sedimentology,
    27: 325-331.
    
    Meer, J.J.M. van der, 1982. The Fribourg area, Switzerland. 
    A study in Quaternary geology and soil
    development. Ph.D. thesis, 
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    Meer, J.J.M. van der, 1987a. Micromorphology of glacial sediments 
    as a tool in distinguishing genetic
    varieties of till. 
    Geological Survey of Finland, Special Paper, 3: 77-89.
    
    Meer, J.J.M. van der, 1987b. Field trip 'Tills and end moraines in 
    The Netherlands and NW Germany'. In:
    J.J.M. van der Meer (Editor), 
    Tills and Glaciotectonics. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, pp. 261-268.
    
    Meer, J.J.M. van der, in prep. Microscopic evidence of Pleistocene 
    deformable beds.
    
    Meer, J.J.M. van der and Laban, C., in press, Micromorphology of some 
    North Sea till samples, a pilot study.
    Journal of Quaternary Science.
    
    Meer, J.J.M. van der, Rappol, M. and Semeyn, J.N., 1983. 
    Micromorphological and preliminary Xrayobservations on a basal 
    till from Lunteren, The Netherlands. Acta Geologica Hispanica, 18:
    199-205.
    
    Meer, J.J.M. van der, Rappol, M. and Semeyn, J.N., 1985. 
    Sedimentology and genesis of glacial deposits in
    the Goudsberg, 
    Central Netherlands. Mededelingen van de Rijks Geologische Dienst, 
    39-2: 1-29.
    
    Menzies, J., 1986. Inversegraded units within till in drumlins near 
    Caledonia, southern Ontario. Canadian
    Journal of Earth Sciences, 23:
    774-786.
    
    Murphy, C.P. 1986. Thin section preparation of soils and sediments. 
    AB Academic, Berkhamsted, 149 pp.
    
    Ostry, R.C. and Deane, R.E., 1963. Microfabric analysis of till. 
    Geological Society of America Bulletin, 74:165-168.
    
    Owen, L.A. and Derbyshire, E., Glacially deformed diamictons in 
    the Karakoram Mountains, northern
    Pakistan. In: D.G. Croot 
    (Editor), Glaciotectonics. Forms and Processes. A.A. Balkema, 
    Rotterdam, pp. 149-176
    
    Rappol, M., 1983. Glacigenic properties of till. Studies in 
    glacial sedimentology from the Allgau Alps and The Netherlands. 
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    Geografisch en
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    Rappol, M., 1987. Saalian till in The Netherlands: a review. 
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    Rappol, M., Haldorsen, S., Jorgensen, P., Meer, J.J.M. 
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    and origin 
    of petrographically stratified thick till in the northern 
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