Pattern and timing of retreat of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet
During the last glacial the ice sheet that subsumed most of Britain, Ireland and the North Sea attained its maximum extent by 27 ka BP and with an ice volume sufficient to raise global sea level by ca. 2.5 m when it melted. We reconstruct the demise of this British-Irish Ice Sheet (BIIS) and present...
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ftleedsuniv:oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:83510 2023-05-15T16:40:14+02:00 Pattern and timing of retreat of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet Clark, C.D. Hughes, A.L. Greenwood, S.L. Jordan, C. Sejrup, H.P. Clark, CD 2012-06-21 text https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/83510/ https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/83510/2/Pattern%20and%20timing%20of%20retreat%20of%20the%20last%20British-Irish%20Ice%20Sheet%20-%20Figures.pdf https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/83510/8/Pattern%20and%20timing%20of%20retreat%20of%20the%20last%20British-Irish%20Ice%20Sheet%20-%20QSR.pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.07.019 en eng Elsevier https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/83510/2/Pattern%20and%20timing%20of%20retreat%20of%20the%20last%20British-Irish%20Ice%20Sheet%20-%20Figures.pdf https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/83510/8/Pattern%20and%20timing%20of%20retreat%20of%20the%20last%20British-Irish%20Ice%20Sheet%20-%20QSR.pdf Clark, C.D., Hughes, A.L., Greenwood, S.L. et al. (2 more authors) (2012) Pattern and timing of retreat of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet. Quaternary Science Reviews, 44. 112 - 146. ISSN 1873-457X Article NonPeerReviewed 2012 ftleedsuniv https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.07.019 2023-01-30T21:30:42Z During the last glacial the ice sheet that subsumed most of Britain, Ireland and the North Sea attained its maximum extent by 27 ka BP and with an ice volume sufficient to raise global sea level by ca. 2.5 m when it melted. We reconstruct the demise of this British-Irish Ice Sheet (BIIS) and present palaeoglaciological maps of retreat stages between 27 – 15 ka BP. The whole land area was investigated using remote sensing data and we present maps of moraines, meltwater channels, eskers, and drumlins and a methodology of how to interpret and bring them together. For the continental shelf, numerous large moraines were discovered recording an extensive pattern of retreat stretching from SW Ireland to the Shetland Isles. From an integration of this new mapping of glacial geomorphology (> 26,000 landforms) with previously published evidence, compiled in the BRITICE database, we derive a pattern of retreat for the whole BIIS. We review and compile relevant dates (881 examples) that constrain the timing of retreat. All data are held within a Geographic Information System (GIS), and are deciphered to produce a best-estimate of the combined pattern and timing of retreat. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet White Rose Research Online (Universities of Leeds, Sheffield & York) Quaternary Science Reviews 44 112 146 |
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During the last glacial the ice sheet that subsumed most of Britain, Ireland and the North Sea attained its maximum extent by 27 ka BP and with an ice volume sufficient to raise global sea level by ca. 2.5 m when it melted. We reconstruct the demise of this British-Irish Ice Sheet (BIIS) and present palaeoglaciological maps of retreat stages between 27 – 15 ka BP. The whole land area was investigated using remote sensing data and we present maps of moraines, meltwater channels, eskers, and drumlins and a methodology of how to interpret and bring them together. For the continental shelf, numerous large moraines were discovered recording an extensive pattern of retreat stretching from SW Ireland to the Shetland Isles. From an integration of this new mapping of glacial geomorphology (> 26,000 landforms) with previously published evidence, compiled in the BRITICE database, we derive a pattern of retreat for the whole BIIS. We review and compile relevant dates (881 examples) that constrain the timing of retreat. All data are held within a Geographic Information System (GIS), and are deciphered to produce a best-estimate of the combined pattern and timing of retreat. |
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Clark, C.D. Hughes, A.L. Greenwood, S.L. Jordan, C. Sejrup, H.P. |
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Clark, C.D. Hughes, A.L. Greenwood, S.L. Jordan, C. Sejrup, H.P. Pattern and timing of retreat of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet |
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Pattern and timing of retreat of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet |
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Pattern and timing of retreat of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet |
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Pattern and timing of retreat of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet |
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Pattern and timing of retreat of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet |
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Pattern and timing of retreat of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet |
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pattern and timing of retreat of the last british-irish ice sheet |
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https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/83510/ https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/83510/2/Pattern%20and%20timing%20of%20retreat%20of%20the%20last%20British-Irish%20Ice%20Sheet%20-%20Figures.pdf https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/83510/8/Pattern%20and%20timing%20of%20retreat%20of%20the%20last%20British-Irish%20Ice%20Sheet%20-%20QSR.pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.07.019 |
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https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/83510/2/Pattern%20and%20timing%20of%20retreat%20of%20the%20last%20British-Irish%20Ice%20Sheet%20-%20Figures.pdf https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/83510/8/Pattern%20and%20timing%20of%20retreat%20of%20the%20last%20British-Irish%20Ice%20Sheet%20-%20QSR.pdf Clark, C.D., Hughes, A.L., Greenwood, S.L. et al. (2 more authors) (2012) Pattern and timing of retreat of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet. Quaternary Science Reviews, 44. 112 - 146. ISSN 1873-457X |
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