Open AccessLate‐glacial marine erosion in Scotland
Author(s) -
SISSONS J. BRIAN
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
boreas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.95
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1502-3885
pISSN - 0300-9483
DOI - 10.1111/j.1502-3885.1974.tb00826.x
Subject(s) - glacial period , geology , younger dryas , cliff , shore , feature (linguistics) , erosion , oceanography , physical geography , archaeology , geomorphology , paleontology , geography , linguistics , philosophy
A pronouaced raised reck platform and cliff that occur on part of the west coast of Scotland ale generally considered to have been formed before the last glaciation. It is argued in this paper that they were formed in late‐glacial times, mainly during the Loch Lomond (Upper Dryas) Readvance. The features arc correlated with an extensive buried and/or submerged marine erosion feature in South‐East Scotland. It is also suggested that the Scottish features correlate with the ‘Main line’ (P 12 shoreline) of northern Norway.