Pre-Late Devensian high-arctic marine deposits in SW Scotland

Autor:	Jeremy D. Everest, J. D. Peacock
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	geography geography.geographical_feature_category Landform Fauna Geology Paleontology Arctic Peninsula Moraine Earth Sciences Period (geology) Glacial period Digital elevation model
Zdroj:	Scottish Journal of Geology. 46:89-92
ISSN:	2041-4951 0036-9276
Popis:	Synopsis We present new interpretations of Digital Elevation Model (DEM) data and marine fossils collected from three sites on the Rhins of Galloway which, contrary to recent proposals, suggest that the landforms and deposits of the region do not represent evidence for a readvance during the Lateglacial Period. Rather we suggest that the high-arctic fauna found in the region are representative of an earlier, colder part of a Middle Devensian ice-free interval. The predominantly streamlined topography, and distinct lack of identifiable discrete moraine limits argues for only minor, local glacial advances, in combination with widespread rapid retreat across the peninsula at the end of the Lateglacial.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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