VI.—On a Scandinavian Erratic from the Orkneys
The general behaviour of the Scandinavian ice-sheet which spread over the North Sea at the climax of the Glacial period is fairly well known. Numerous erratics show that it reached the coast of Yorkshire and the eastern counties of England. Farther north no erratics have been found, but Dr. Jamieson...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0016756800202938 2024-03-03T08:45:26+00:00 VI.—On a Scandinavian Erratic from the Orkneys Saxton, W. I. Hopwood, A. T. 1919 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800202938 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0016756800202938 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Geological Magazine volume 6, issue 6, page 273-274 ISSN 0016-7568 1469-5081 Geology journal-article 1919 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800202938 2024-02-08T08:48:12Z The general behaviour of the Scandinavian ice-sheet which spread over the North Sea at the climax of the Glacial period is fairly well known. Numerous erratics show that it reached the coast of Yorkshire and the eastern counties of England. Farther north no erratics have been found, but Dr. Jamieson and others have shown that it approached the coast of Aberdeen. Dr. Croll and Drs. Peach and Horne have shown that it forced the Scotch ice flowing eastward from the Moray Firth to turn in a northerly and north-westerly direction across the northern part of Caithness and over the Orkneys. They concluded that ice from the Christiania district must have passed a few miles to the north of the Orkneys. This is well shown in the chart attached to their paper and also in Professor James Geikie's map. The occurrence of a few Scandinavian erratics in the Orkneys would confirm these deductions. The only erratic recorded from Orkney which may be of Scandinavian origin is the Saville boulder described by Professor Heddle, Drs. Peach and Horne, and Dr. J. S. Flett. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet Cambridge University Press Christiania ENVELOPE(-61.458,-61.458,-63.974,-63.974) Flett ENVELOPE(49.200,49.200,-68.150,-68.150) Geological Magazine 6 6 273 274 |
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The general behaviour of the Scandinavian ice-sheet which spread over the North Sea at the climax of the Glacial period is fairly well known. Numerous erratics show that it reached the coast of Yorkshire and the eastern counties of England. Farther north no erratics have been found, but Dr. Jamieson and others have shown that it approached the coast of Aberdeen. Dr. Croll and Drs. Peach and Horne have shown that it forced the Scotch ice flowing eastward from the Moray Firth to turn in a northerly and north-westerly direction across the northern part of Caithness and over the Orkneys. They concluded that ice from the Christiania district must have passed a few miles to the north of the Orkneys. This is well shown in the chart attached to their paper and also in Professor James Geikie's map. The occurrence of a few Scandinavian erratics in the Orkneys would confirm these deductions. The only erratic recorded from Orkney which may be of Scandinavian origin is the Saville boulder described by Professor Heddle, Drs. Peach and Horne, and Dr. J. S. Flett. |
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