The Late Devensian and Flandrian history of the Teith valley, Scotland |
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| Authors: | DAVID E SMITH KENNETH S R THOMPSON DAVID D KEMP |
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| Institution: | Geography Section, Lanchester Polytechnic, Coventry, England;Department of Geography, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland;Department of Geography, Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada |
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| Abstract: | Two episodes of glaciation are identified in the Teith valley, central Scotland. During the earlier episode, the valley was wholly occupied by an ice sheet, but during the later episode, correlated with the Loch Lomond Readvance, ice only occupied the upper part of the valley. The deglaciation which followed each episode was marked in particular by sequences of kame and outwash terraces. A terrace related to the second episode grades into a large fan buried beneath a sequence of marine deposits in the nearby Forth valley. The latest of these, the carse clays, are related to Flandrian terraces in the Teith valley. |
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