The Late Devensian and Flandrian history of the Teith valley, Scotland

Two episodes of glaciation are identified in the Teith valley, central Scotland. During the earlier episode, the valley was wholly occupied by an ice sheet, but during the later episode, correlated with the Loch Lomond Readvance, ice only occupied the upper part of the valley. The deglaciation which...

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Main Authors: SMITH, DAVID E., THOMPSON, KENNETH S. R., KEMP, DAVID D.
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 1978
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Ice Sheet
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spelling crwiley:10.1111/j.1502-3885.1978.tb00268.x 2024-09-15T18:12:21+00:00 The Late Devensian and Flandrian history of the Teith valley, Scotland SMITH, DAVID E. THOMPSON, KENNETH S. R. KEMP, DAVID D. 1978 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1978.tb00268.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1502-3885.1978.tb00268.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1978.tb00268.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Boreas volume 7, issue 2, page 97-107 ISSN 0300-9483 1502-3885 journal-article 1978 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1978.tb00268.x 2024-07-25T04:21:29Z Two episodes of glaciation are identified in the Teith valley, central Scotland. During the earlier episode, the valley was wholly occupied by an ice sheet, but during the later episode, correlated with the Loch Lomond Readvance, ice only occupied the upper part of the valley. The deglaciation which followed each episode was marked in particular by sequences of kame and outwash terraces. A terrace related to the second episode grades into a large fan buried beneath a sequence of marine deposits in the nearby Forth valley. The latest of these, the carse clays, are related to Flandrian terraces in the Teith valley. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet Wiley Online Library Boreas 7 2 97 107
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description Two episodes of glaciation are identified in the Teith valley, central Scotland. During the earlier episode, the valley was wholly occupied by an ice sheet, but during the later episode, correlated with the Loch Lomond Readvance, ice only occupied the upper part of the valley. The deglaciation which followed each episode was marked in particular by sequences of kame and outwash terraces. A terrace related to the second episode grades into a large fan buried beneath a sequence of marine deposits in the nearby Forth valley. The latest of these, the carse clays, are related to Flandrian terraces in the Teith valley.
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