An Attempt to Correlate the Glacial and Post-Glacial Deposits of the British Isles, and to Determine their Order of Succession
The classification given in the sequel is based on the following premises:— 1st. The entire area of the British Isles has undergone at different times, during the Glacial and Post-Glacial periods, a succession of secular elevating and subsiding movements. 2nd. At the close of the Pliocene period, th...
| Published in: | The Geologist |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1359465600001519 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S1359465600001519 |
| Summary: | The classification given in the sequel is based on the following premises:— 1st. The entire area of the British Isles has undergone at different times, during the Glacial and Post-Glacial periods, a succession of secular elevating and subsiding movements. 2nd. At the close of the Pliocene period, the relative level of land and sea over the British area was approximately the same as at present. 3rd. The edge of the two-hundred-fathoms submarine plateau, on the east side of the North Atlantic, formed the west coast-line of a continent (now represented by Europe) during the earliest time (epoch) of the Glacial period. 4th. The climate of the British area was frigid in the extreme during the Glacial period, allowing epochs of amelioration. 5th. Rock-surfaces undergo enormous degradation when they are above the sea-level, during the prevalency of glaciation. |
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