The Quaternary in Scotland

The Quaternary Period in Scotland was characterized by major climatic shifts and the alternation of glacial and temperate conditions over a wide range of timescales. The extent of multiple glaciations prior to the Mid-Pleistocene Transition (1.25–0.70 Ma) is uncertain, but thereafter up to ten major...

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Main Authors: Ballantyne, Colin K., Hall, Adrian M., Dawson, Alastair G.
Other Authors: Gordon, John E.
Format: Book Part
Language:English
Published: Springer Science and Business Media B.V. 2021
Subjects:
Beach and dune systems
Fluvial landforms
Glacial erosion
Glacial landsystems
Glaciation
Holocene
Ice streams
Late Devensian
Loch Lomond Stade
Paraglacial landscape modification
Periglaciation
Permafrost
Pleistocene
Raised beaches
Rock platforms
Rock-slope failure
Sea-level change
Loch Lomond
Fennoscandian
Ice
Ice Sheet
permafrost
Online Access:https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/the-quaternary-in-scotland(458749b9-8d79-40d9-acff-5ea79b5bfade).html
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71246-4_4
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71246-4
https://discover.libraryhub.jisc.ac.uk/search?isn=9783030712457&rn=1

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