Gray / Lowe Studies in the Scottish Lateglacial Environment

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4831-5534-0
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 212 Seiten, Web PDF

Studies in the Scottish Lateglacial Environment presents information on environmental reconstructions and dramatic changes, as well as the important implications of studies of the Lateglacial environment for Quaternary studies and modern climatic variations. Composed of 10 chapters, this book begins with a review of the Late Devensian glaciation in north-east Scotland. Then, detailed evidence concerning Lateglacial sea-level changes in the Earn-Tay area and their relationship to deglaciation is presented. Subsequent chapters explore the validity of the Oban-Ford Moraine, the only pre-Loch Lomond Readvance moraine remaining virtually unchallenged in the literature; reconstruction of Lateglacial and early Flandrian environments in south-west Scotland; and the fauna in marine sediments at Lochgilphead. Other chapters describe results of pollen-stratigraphic investigations at six Lateglacial sites in the southern and eastern Grampian Highlands; analyses of biological and chemical variables from sediment profiles from lochs in northern Scotland; and radiocarbon dates that are related to pollen profiles from the Scottish Highlands and the Isle of Skye. This book will be of value to students of Quaternary, as this text provides an integrated survey of available information in this field.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gray, J. M.

Lowe, J. J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Studies in the Scottish Lateglacial Environment;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;Contributors;8
6;Acknowledgements;10
7;Introduction;12
8;Chapter 1. The Late Devensian Glaciation of North-East Scotland;16
8.1;ABSTRACT;16
8.2;INTRODUCTION;16
8.3;PHYSICAL SETTING;17
8.4;FEATURES OF GLACIAL EROSION;18
8.5;FEATURES OF GLACIAL DEPOSITION;20
8.6;FEATURES OF GLACIAL MELTWATER ACTIVITY;23
8.7;FEATURES OF GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSITION;25
8.8;FEATURES OF PERIGLACIAL ACTIVITY;26
8.9;FEATURES OF THE LATEGLACIAL;26
8.10;CHRONOLOGY AND CONCLUSIONS;27
8.11;ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;28
9;Chapter 2. Lateglacial Raised Shorelines andDeglaciation in the Earn-Tay Area;30
9.1;ABSTRACT;30
9.2;INTRODUCTION;30
9.3;METHODS OF INVESTIGATION;30
9.4;LATEGLACIAL RAISED SHORELINES AND BEACHES;32
9.5;FLUVIOGLACIAL FEATURES;43
9.6;RELATION OF THE RAISED SHORELINES TO DEGLACIATION;45
9.7;GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RAISED BEACHES;46
9.8;ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;47
10;Chapter 3. The "Oban-Ford Moraine":A Reappraisal;48
10.1;ABSTRACT;48
10.2;INTRODUCTION;48
10.3;METHODS;48
10.4;LOCH AWE LOCH CRINAN;49
10.5;LOCH AVICH - LOCH CRAIGNISH;55
10.6;LOCH TRALAIG - LOCH MELFORT;55
10.7;LOCH SCAMMADALE - LOCH FEOCHAN;55
10.8;HEAD OF LOCH FEOCHAN;58
10.9;OBAN CEMETERY;58
10.10;CONCLUSIONS;58
10.11;ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;59
11;Chapter 4. The Loch Lomond Read v a nee in theNorthern Mainland of Scotland;60
11.1;ABSTRACT;60
11.2;INTRODUCTION;60
11.3;LITERATURE;60
11.4;END MORAINES;60
11.5;HUMMOCKY MORAINES;68
11.6;FLUTED MORAINES;69
11.7;BOULDER LIMITS;70
11.8;DRIFT LIMITS;70
11.9;PERIGLACIAL FEATURES;71
11.10;RECONSTRUCTION OF THE GLACIERS;72
11.11;DATE OF THE READVANCE;73
11.12;DISTRIBUTION OF THE GLACIERS;73
11.13;ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;74
12;Chapter 5. Stratigraphical and Faunal Evidence forLateglacial and Early FlandrianEnvironments in South-West Scotland;76
12.1;ABSTRACT;76
12.2;GENERAL INTRODUCTION;76
12.3;PART I STRATIGRAPHICAL EVIDENCE (WWB;76
12.4;INTRODUCTION;76
12.5;SOLWAY FIRTH;77
12.6;AYRSHIRE COAST;83
12.7;FIRTH OF CLYDE;87
12.8;PART II FAUNAL EVIDENCE (GRC;91
12.9;INTRODUCTION;91
12.10;FAUNAL SITES;91
12.11;SUMMARY OF LATEGLACIAL AND EARLY FLANDRIANENVIRONMENTS IN SOUTH-WEST SCOTLAND;100
12.12;ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;103
13;Chapter 6. Evolution and Chronology ofLateglacial Marine Environments atLochgilphead, Scotland;104
13.1;ABSTRACT;104
13.2;INTRODUCTION;104
13.3;GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS;104
13.4;LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY;106
13.5;FAUNA;107
13.6;CONDITIONS OF DEPOSITION;108
13.7;INTERPRETATION OF THE SUCCESSION;109
13.8;DATING OF THE DEPOSITS;110
13.9;DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS;111
13.10;ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;112
13.11;APPENDIX 1. LOCHGILPHEAD AUGER HOLE;112
13.12;APPENDIX 2 . LOCHGILPHEAD AUGER HOLE;113
13.13;APPENDIX 3 . LOCHGILPHEAD PIT A;113
13.14;APPENDIX 4. LOCHGILPHEAD PIT B;114
13.15;APPENDIX 5. LOCHGILPHEAD PIT B;115
13.16;APPENDIX 6. LOCHGILPHEAD PIT B;115
14;Chapter 7. The Reconstruction of the LateglacialEnvironment in the Southern and EasternGrampian Highlands;116
14.1;ABSTRACT;116
14.2;INTRODUCTION;116
14.3;LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY;118
14.4;BIOSTRATIGRAPHY;119
14.5;ANALYSIS OF DETERIORATED POLLEN;123
14.6;RADIOCARBON DATING;125
14.7;THE ENVIRONMENT DURING THE LATEGLACIAL INTERSTADIAL;130
14.8;THE ENVIRONMENT DURING THE LOCH LOMOND STADIAL;132
14.9;CONCLUSIONS;133
14.10;ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;133
15;Chapter 8. Lake Sediments and the LateglacialEnvironment in Northern Scotland;134
15.1;ABSTRACT;134
15.2;INTRODUCTION;134
15.3;METHODS;136
15.4;LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY;137
15.5;BIOSTRATIGRAPHY;137
15.6;GEOCHEMISTRY;153
15.7;SYNTHESIS;155
15.8;ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;156
15.9;NOTE ADDED IN PROOF;156
16;Chapter 9. Radiocarbon Dating of the Lateglacialand Early Flandrian VegetationalSuccession in the Scottish Highlands andthe Isle of Skye;158
16.1;ABSTRACT;158
16.2;INTRODUCTION;158
16.3;MATERIAL;160
16.4;SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS;161
16.5;ISLE OF SKYE;171
16.6;DISCUSSION;175
16.7;ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;177
17;Chapter 10. The Scottish Lateglacial Environment:A Synthesis;178
17.1;ABSTRACT;178
17.2;INTRODUCTION;178
17.3;DEGLACIATION AND READVANCES;178
17.4;PERIGLACIATION;182
17.5;SEA-LEVEL CHANGES;183
17.6;ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS FROM BIOSTRATIGRAPHY;185
17.7;CLIMATE;190
17.8;TERMINOLOGY AND CHRONOLOGY;191
17.9;FUTURE RESEARCH;195
17.10;ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;196
18;References;198
19;Index;210