Scottish landform examples 45:Sgriob na Caillich: a landslide-sourced medial moraine on the Isle of Jura
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...
Published in: | Scottish Geographical Journal |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Online Access: | https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/scottish-landform-examples-45(6c9d1286-a3df-49f0-a699-e28fb892f2ac).html https://doi.org/10.1080/14702541.2019.1669812 https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/20642/1/Ballantyne_2019_SGJ_45_AAM.pdf |