Open AccessThe Late Devensian and Flandrian history of the Teith valley, Scotland
Author(s) -
SMITH DAVID E.,
THOMPSON KENNETH S. R.,
KEMP DAVID D.
Publication year - 1978
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.1502-3885.1978.tb00268.x
Subject(s) - deglaciation , outwash plain , geology , terrace (agriculture) , glacial period , stadial , archaeology , ice sheet , post glacial rebound , geomorphology , physical geography , sequence (biology) , last glacial maximum , paleontology , geography , biology , genetics
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.