Maximum altitude of Late Devensian glaciation on the Isle of Mull and Isle of Jura

• Published in: Scottish Journal of Geology
• Main Author: Ballantyne, Colin Kerr
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: LAST ICE-SHEET; NORTHWEST SCOTLAND; FORMER NUNATAKS; HIGH-RESOLUTION; BRITISH-ISLES; RECONSTRUCTION; SOILS; Jura; Mull; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/maximum-altitude-of-late-devensian-glaciation-on-the-isle-of-mull-and-isle-of-jura(7fb9a68f-86f1-4cd3-b72a-d0eb266d15f4).html; https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg35020097; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0033380978&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Evidence provided by striae, ice-moulded rock, erratics and perched boulders indicates that the last (Late Devensian) ice-sheet reached an altitude exceeding 760 m on Mull and 660 m on Jura. The highest summits on both islands support periglacial blockfields, suggesting that they remained as nunatak...