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A study of fluted moraines in the Torridon area, NW Scotland
Author(s) -
Hodgson D. M.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of quaternary science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.142
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1099-1417
pISSN - 0267-8179
DOI - 10.1002/jqs.3390010203
Subject(s) - moraine , geology , stadial , glacier , terminal moraine , geomorphology , drumlin , ice caps , glacial period , geochemistry , ice stream , oceanography , cryosphere , sea ice
A study of certain small‐scale fluted moraines, all less than 4m high but up to 400m long, in the Torridon area has shown that they are subglacial features composed of a clast‐rich till, and formed in the Loch Lomond Stadial beneath ice with a maximum depth of 100‐200m. The evidence from lithological analysis of till samples from the fluted moraines suggests that they were formed by subglacial deformation of a pre‐existing till with little in the way of net down‐glacier movement of the material.