The glacial geomorphology around Inverness and the Great Glen
Superimposed on ancient landscape elements, the Inverness region includes a palimpsest of subglacial landforms formed during successive Late Devensian ice movements. It contains a particularly rich and diverse set of sediments and landforms created close to retreating glacier margins, together with...
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| Format: | Book Part |
| Language: | English |
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Springer
2021
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| Online Access: | http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/531193/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/531193/1/Chapter%2015%20The%20Glacial%20Geomorphology%20Around%20Inverness%20and%20the%20Great%20Glen_NORA.pdf https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-030-71246-4_15 |
| Summary: | Superimposed on ancient landscape elements, the Inverness region includes a palimpsest of subglacial landforms formed during successive Late Devensian ice movements. It contains a particularly rich and diverse set of sediments and landforms created close to retreating glacier margins, together with the legacy of a major oscillating tidewater outlet glacier. At least five phases of glaciation have been recognised, although they remain poorly constrained temporally. The region includes well-documented buried glacial rafts of arctic shelly clay, two internationally important localities where organic deposits pre-date the last ice sheet, and a good geomorphological record of Late Glacial sea-level change. |
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