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Record W4412949689 · doi:10.2110/jsr.2025.008

A new microsedimentological conceptual framework of subglacial till formation

2025· article· en· W4412949689 on OpenAlexaff
John Menzies, R C Paulen

Bibliographic record

VenueJournal of Sedimentary Research · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEarth and Planetary Sciences
TopicCryospheric studies and observations
Canadian institutionsGeological Survey of CanadaBrock University
Fundersnot available
KeywordsGeologyConceptual modelEarth scienceGeomorphologyMining engineeringGeochemistryEpistemology

Abstract

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ABSTRACT Shear deformation is ubiquitous in most subglacial tills formed by traction conditions under basal ice. Microstructures identified in till confirm the existence of such basal conditions under continental and marine ice sheets, ice streams, and alpine glaciers. Thin sections of subglacial tills can be categorized within a new derivation, advection, emplacement (DAE) conceptual framework that assigns microstructures in a recurring spatio-temporal context. The formation and persistence of microstructures, and their degradation due to deformation and/or elimination, can be employed to place these evolving microstructures within complex deformation phases. Microstructures are discussed in the framework of the DAE schema and categorized in a newly formatted table of microstructures and microfabrics that extends our understanding of subglacial till sedimentology. This paper demonstrates where and how subglacial sedimentary microstructures form in active subglacial deformation. The formation of tills not only remains an important issue in understanding the Earth’s paleoenvironmental history but also is of considerable practical application, for example, in soil engineering, drift exploration, and glacial geology.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.002
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Theoretical or conceptual · Consensus signal: Theoretical or conceptual
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.009
Threshold uncertainty score0.018

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0020.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.001
Bibliometrics0.0030.003
Science and technology studies0.0010.005
Scholarly communication0.0050.008
Open science0.0020.002
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0050.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.072
GPT teacher head0.351
Teacher spread0.279 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designTheoretical or conceptual
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

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