Lateglacial (Younger Dryas) glaciers and ice-sheet deglaciation in the Cairngorm Mountains, Scotland: glacier reconstructions and their palaeoclimatic implications

• Main Author: Matthew R. Standell
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified; Glacial geomorphology; Palaeoclimate; Cairngorm Mountains; Scotland; Younger Dryas; Glacier reconstruction; Equilibrium-line altitude; Cosmogenic 10Be surface exposure dating; Topoclimatic factor; Snow blow; Dryas Glacier; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Lateglacial_Younger_Dryas_glaciers_and_ice-sheet_deglaciation_in_the_Cairngorm_Mountains_Scotland_glacier_reconstructions_and_their_palaeoclimatic_implications/9487499

The Cairngorm Mountains contain an outstanding assemblage of glacial landforms from both the deglaciation of the last British Irish Ice Sheet and the Younger Dryas readvance. Glaciers are recognised as sensitive indicators of past and present climate change and, thus, these landforms provide informa...