<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This study is dedicated to Wast Water Lake (Northwest England, Great Britain) and the character of its beach sediments. The aim of the study is to identify the textural features of the lake’s beach sediments based on two methods. The first is a granulometric analysis and the second a pebble shape analysis according to Zingg (1935) and Sneed &amp; Folk (1958). Both analyses were carried out for all of the lake’s accessible beaches and the cliffs adjacent to them. The transport and deposition history of the examined sediments was identified through field research and laboratory analysis. The results show that the textural features of the sediments at Wast Water are more often typical of a fluvial environment, rather than having been changed by lacustrine water movements.</p></abstract>

This study is dedicated to Wast Water Lake (Northwest England, Great Britain) and the character of its beach sediments. The aim of the study is to identify the textural features of the lake’s beach sediments based on two methods. The first is a granulometric analysis and the second a pebble shape analysis according to Zingg (1935) and Sneed & Folk (1958). Both analyses were carried out for all of the lake’s accessible beaches and the cliffs adjacent to them. The transport and deposition history of the examined sediments was identified through field research and laboratory analysis. The results show that the textural features of the sediments at Wast Water are more often typical of a fluvial environment, rather than having been changed by lacustrine water movements.

<bold>Textural features</bold> of the beach sediments of Wast Water Lake, Northwest England

Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, Uniwersity of Warsaw, Poland

Miscellanea Geographica

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 of the beach sediments of Wast Water Lake, Northwest England

This study is dedicated to Wast Water Lake (Northwest England, Great Britain) and the character of its beach sediments. The aim of the study is to identify the...

Textural features of the beach sediments of Wast Water Lake, Northwest England

Publié en ligne: 16 juin 2016

Pages: 46 - 53

Reçu: 11 mars 2015

Accepté: 01 déc. 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgrsd-2016-0013

Mots clés
English Lake District, beach sediments, granulometric analysis, pebble shape analysis, littoral zone, Wast Water

© 2016 Emilia Bala, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Textural features of the beach sediments of Wast Water Lake, Northwest England

Publié en ligne: 16 juin 2016

Pages: 46 - 53

Reçu: 11 mars 2015

Accepté: 01 déc. 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgrsd-2016-0013

Mots clésEnglish Lake District, beach sediments, granulometric analysis, pebble shape analysis, littoral zone, Wast Water

© 2016 Emilia Bala, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
English Lake District, beach sediments, granulometric analysis, pebble shape analysis, littoral zone, Wast Water