Scottish early Holocene vegetation dynamics based on pollen and tephra records from Inverlair and Loch Etteridge, Inverness-shire

• Published in: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association
• Main Authors: Kelly, Thomas J., Hardiman, Mark John, Lovelady, Michael, Lowe, J. John, Matthews, Ian P., Blockley, Simon P.E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: RCUK; NERC; /dk/atira/pure/core/subjects/geography; Geography; Askja; Faroe Islands; Katla; Loch Lomond
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2016.02.008; https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/scottish-early-holocene-vegetation-dynamics-based-on-pollen-and-tephra-records-from-inverlair-and-loch-etteridge-invernessshire(5154164f-cbda-4b88-95a3-18511c1c2d52).html; https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/ws/files/3737200/Scottish_early_Holocene_vegetation_dynamics.pdf

This paper presents the results of an investigation of early Holocene cryptotephra layers recovered from sediments in two kettle-hole basins at Inverlair (Glen Spean) and Loch Etteridge (Glen Fernisdale). Electron probe micro-analysis (EPMA) of shards from two cryptotephra layers revealed that the u...