The Nant Ffrancon protalus rampart: evidence for Late Pleistocene paraglacial landsliding in North Wales

• Main Authors: Curry, AM, Walden, John, Cheshire, DA
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: LOCH LOMOND ADVANCE; UPLAND BRITAIN; BRECON-BEACONS; ROCK GLACIERS; RELICT TALUS; SOUTH WALES; SCOTLAND; NORWAY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; FORMS; Loch Lomond; Norway; glacier
• Online Access: https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/the-nant-ffrancon-protalus-rampart-evidence-for-late-pleistocene-paraglacial-landsliding-in-north-wales(1fa66797-0739-4149-9260-9f019e7c80fa).html

This paper assesses the validity of a protalus (pronival) rampart hypothesis and three alternative hypotheses (lateral moraine, protalus rock glacier and landslide) for the origin of a fossil talus-foot debris accumulation in North Wales. Whilst a rampart origin is supported by the landform's c...