Scottish landform examples 45 : Sgriob na Caillich: a landslide-sourced medial moraine on the Isle of Jura

• Published in: Scottish Geographical Journal
• Main Authors: Ballantyne, Colin K., Dawson, Alastair G.
• Other Authors: University of St Andrews. School of Geography & Sustainable Development
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Medial moraines; Rockfall; Rock-slope failure; Last Scottish Ice Sheet; Isle of Jura; G Geography (General); NDAS; SDG 14 - Life Below Water; G1; Jura; Low Bluff; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10023/20642; https://doi.org/10.1080/14702541.2019.1669812

Medial moraines deposited by former glaciers and ice sheets are rare in Scotland. The most prominent example is the Sgriob na Caillich moraine, which consists of two to four parallel belts of angular quartzite boulders that extend northwestwards for over 3.5 km from the SW flank of Beinn an Oir on t...