Extent of the last ice sheet in northern Scotland tested with cosmogenic Be-10 exposure ages

• Published in: Journal of Quaternary Science
• Main Authors: Phillips, William M., Hall, Adrian M., Ballantyne, Colin Kerr, Binnie, Steven, Kubik, Peter W, Freeman, Stewart
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Scotland; last ice sheet; Be-10 exposure dating; deglaciation chronology; ET-AL. 2002; GLACIAL MAXIMUM; GREAT-BRITAIN; SCOTTISH PERSPECTIVE; NORTHWEST SCOTLAND; OUTER HEBRIDES; IRELAND; SEA; DEGLACIATION; STREAM; Buchan; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/extent-of-the-last-ice-sheet-in-northern-scotland-tested-with-cosmogenic-be10-exposure-ages(ea492438-007d-477e-a5b6-05754d800273).html; https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1161

The extent of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet (BIIS) in northern Scotland is disputed. A restricted ice sheet model holds that at the global Last Glacial Maximum (LGM; ca. 23-19 ka) the BIIS terminated on land in northern Scotland, leaving Buchan, Caithness and the Orkney Islands ice-free. An alter...