Recessional moraines in nearshore waters, northern Scotland

• Published in: Geological Society, London, Memoirs
• Main Authors: Bradwell, T., Stoker, M.S.
• Other Authors: Dowdeswell, J.A.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Geological Society of London 2016
• Subjects: Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/515807/; https://doi.org/10.1144/M46.13

Suites of relatively small, similar-sized and regularly spaced sediment ridges are commonly found fronting the termini of modern tidewater glaciers in fjords and marine embayments. These ice-flow transverse subaqueous moraine ridges, sometimes referred to as De Geer moraines, record the incremental retreat of the ice front grounding-line over time (De Geer 1889; Lindén & Möller 2005). The distribution and pattern of well-preserved recessional moraines in nearshore waters around Scotland provides insight into the pattern, timing and style of retreat of the last British–Irish Ice Sheet (Bradwell et al. 2008a, b; Stoker et al. 2009).