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Glacially moulded landslide runout debris in the Scottish Highlands
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dc.contributor.author | Ballantyne, Colin K. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-18T23:41:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-07-18T23:41:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Ballantyne , C K 2018 , ' Glacially moulded landslide runout debris in the Scottish Highlands ' , Scottish Geographical Journal , vol. 134 , no. 3-4 , pp. 224–236 . https://doi.org/10.1080/14702541.2018.1501085 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1470-2541 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 255005398 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: c7f3747e-6089-481e-8e88-a25e2f0ad1ad | |
dc.identifier.other | RIS: urn:6026917B8D956A7BAAFBEB6FE377C44C | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 85050282981 | |
dc.identifier.other | WOS: 000451529400009 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/18130 | |
dc.description.abstract | A tongue of hummocky terrain ∼1 km long and ∼400 m wide extends downslope from the source area of a rock-slope failure that formed the summit arête of Sgùrr nan Ceathreamhnan in the NW Highlands. The tongue descends from ∼810 m to ∼650 m, crosses a corrie obliquely and laps onto an opposing slope. Individual hummocks are circular to elongate, up to 6 m high and streamlined. A possible origin as recessional or ice-stagnation moraines is inconsistent with hummock morphology and the alignment of the hummock belt, and the streamlining of the hummocks is incompatible with the form of unmodified rock-avalanche runout hummocks. It is proposed that the tongue of hummocky terrain represents rock-slope failure during or after ice-sheet deglaciation, and subsequent modification of runout debris by subglacial erosion during the Loch Lomond Stade (∼12.9–11.7 ka). This interpretation implies (i) that the debris was deposited by an excess-runout rock avalanche; (ii) that the glacier that subsequently occupied the corrie was warm-based; (iii) that Lateglacial landslide runout debris was not invariably evacuated by Loch Lomond Stadial glaciers, as previously suggested; and (iv) that some features interpreted as hummocky moraines elsewhere may have a similar origin. | |
dc.format.extent | 13 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Scottish Geographical Journal | en |
dc.rights | © 2018 Royal Scottish Geographical Society. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/14702541.2018.1501085 | en |
dc.subject | Glacial bedforms | en |
dc.subject | Hummocks | en |
dc.subject | Lateglacial | en |
dc.subject | Loch Lomond Stade | en |
dc.subject | Rock avalanche | en |
dc.subject | Rock-slope failure | en |
dc.subject | G Geography (General) | en |
dc.subject | NDAS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | G1 | en |
dc.title | Glacially moulded landslide runout debris in the Scottish Highlands | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.description.version | Postprint | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Geography & Sustainable Development | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1080/14702541.2018.1501085 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2019-07-19 |
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