Late Holocene coastal sand movements in the Outer Hebrides, N.W. Scotland

• Published in: Marine Geology
• Main Authors: Dawson, Sue, Smith, David E., Jordan, Jason, Dawson, Alastair G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Machair; Storminess; North Atlantic; Little Ice Age (LIA); Medieval Warm Period (MWP); Outer Hebrides; Scotland; Barra; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/publications/b03bc6c4-1246-4eb8-8da7-07d7607a7bbd; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2004.05.013

Lithostratigraphical and biostratigraphical investigation of coastal marshes along the Atlantic coast of the Outer Hebrides from Lewis in the north to Barra in the south discloses inland-tapering sand units within marshland areas. The inland extent of each sand unit has been radiometrically dated an...