Loch Lomond Stadial and Flandrian shorelines in the inner Moray Firth area, Scotland
作者:
Callum R. Firth,
B. Andrew Haggart,
期刊:
Journal of Quaternary Science
(WILEY Available online 1989)
卷期:
Volume 4,
issue 1
页码: 37-50
ISSN:0267-8179
年代: 1989
DOI:10.1002/jqs.3390040105
出版商: John Wiley&Sons, Ltd
关键词: Shorelines;sea‐level change;Flandrian;glacio‐isostasy
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractMorphological mapping and stratigraphical investigations have identified surface and buried relict marine features in the inner Moray Firth area. The features consist of a buried gravel layer formed during the Loch Lomond Stadial, a buried beach of early Flandrian age, and surface beaches and estuarine flats of mid‐late Flandrian age. Analysis of the altitudes of morphological features has identified two buried and five (possibly six) surface glacio‐isostatically tilted raised shorelines. The steepest shoreline is associated with the buried gravel layer and slopes down towards N20°E at a gradient of 0.20m/km. Younger shorelines have lower gradients between 0.16–0.03m/km. The shoreline sequence combined with published data defines relative sea‐level movements in the area during the last 11000 years. The inner Moray Firth shorelines are correlated with similar features in other areas of Scotland which include the Main Lateglacial, Main Buried and Main Postglacial Sh
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