An overview of the main Late Devensian glaciation of the Central Grampian Highlands
The location of the Monadhliath Mountains in the middle of the Grampian Highlands places them in a central zone with respect to ice flow pathways during the maximum extent of the last British and Irish Ice Sheet (BIIS) in the Late Devensian. At the ice sheet maximum the Scottish mainland was probabl...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:501460 2023-05-15T16:40:12+02:00 An overview of the main Late Devensian glaciation of the Central Grampian Highlands Merritt, Jon W. Auton, Clive A. Boston, Clare M. Everest, Jeremy D. Merritt, Jo E. Boston, Clare M. Lukas, Sven Merritt, Jon W. 2013 text http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/501460/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/501460/1/QRA%20LGM%20NORA.pdf http://www.qra.org.uk/ en eng Quaternary Research Association https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/501460/1/QRA%20LGM%20NORA.pdf Merritt, Jon W.; Auton, Clive A.; Boston, Clare M.; Everest, Jeremy D.; Merritt, Jo E. 2013 An overview of the main Late Devensian glaciation of the Central Grampian Highlands. In: Boston, Clare M.; Lukas, Sven; Merritt, Jon W., (eds.) The Quaternary of the Monadhliath Mountains and the Great Glen. London, UK, Quaternary Research Association, 25-40. (QRA field guides). Earth Sciences Publication - Book Section PeerReviewed 2013 ftnerc 2023-02-04T19:36:46Z The location of the Monadhliath Mountains in the middle of the Grampian Highlands places them in a central zone with respect to ice flow pathways during the maximum extent of the last British and Irish Ice Sheet (BIIS) in the Late Devensian. At the ice sheet maximum the Scottish mainland was probably entirely submerged beneath ice, which flowed north-westwards out to the continental shelf break, merging with Scandinavian ice occupying the North Sea basin (Bradwell et al., 2008). This period roughly equates with the global Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), 28,000-22,000 years ago (Mix et al. 2001). The most recent model of the BIIS (Clark et al., 2012) places the Monadhliath Mountains immediately to the east of the main north-south ice divide of the Scottish ice sheet, and north of a subsidiary west-east divide, centred over the East Grampian and Cairngorm mountains. Geomorphological evidence for ice streaming in the Great Glen and Spey Valley to the northeast and southwest of the Monadhliath massif indicates a general ice flow direction towards the northeast across the region, supporting this ice-divide positioning. Book Part Ice Sheet Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive South Ice ENVELOPE(-29.867,-29.867,-81.950,-81.950) |
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The location of the Monadhliath Mountains in the middle of the Grampian Highlands places them in a central zone with respect to ice flow pathways during the maximum extent of the last British and Irish Ice Sheet (BIIS) in the Late Devensian. At the ice sheet maximum the Scottish mainland was probably entirely submerged beneath ice, which flowed north-westwards out to the continental shelf break, merging with Scandinavian ice occupying the North Sea basin (Bradwell et al., 2008). This period roughly equates with the global Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), 28,000-22,000 years ago (Mix et al. 2001). The most recent model of the BIIS (Clark et al., 2012) places the Monadhliath Mountains immediately to the east of the main north-south ice divide of the Scottish ice sheet, and north of a subsidiary west-east divide, centred over the East Grampian and Cairngorm mountains. Geomorphological evidence for ice streaming in the Great Glen and Spey Valley to the northeast and southwest of the Monadhliath massif indicates a general ice flow direction towards the northeast across the region, supporting this ice-divide positioning. |
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Merritt, Jon W. Auton, Clive A. Boston, Clare M. Everest, Jeremy D. Merritt, Jo E. |
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An overview of the main Late Devensian glaciation of the Central Grampian Highlands |
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An overview of the main Late Devensian glaciation of the Central Grampian Highlands |
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An overview of the main Late Devensian glaciation of the Central Grampian Highlands |
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An overview of the main Late Devensian glaciation of the Central Grampian Highlands |
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An overview of the main Late Devensian glaciation of the Central Grampian Highlands |
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overview of the main late devensian glaciation of the central grampian highlands |
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http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/501460/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/501460/1/QRA%20LGM%20NORA.pdf http://www.qra.org.uk/ |
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https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/501460/1/QRA%20LGM%20NORA.pdf Merritt, Jon W.; Auton, Clive A.; Boston, Clare M.; Everest, Jeremy D.; Merritt, Jo E. 2013 An overview of the main Late Devensian glaciation of the Central Grampian Highlands. In: Boston, Clare M.; Lukas, Sven; Merritt, Jon W., (eds.) The Quaternary of the Monadhliath Mountains and the Great Glen. London, UK, Quaternary Research Association, 25-40. (QRA field guides). |
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