[HTML][HTML] Devising quality assurance procedures for assessment of legacy geochronological data relating to deglaciation of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet

D Small, CD Clark, RC Chiverrell, RK Smedley… - Earth-Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
This contribution documents the process of assessing the quality of data within a compilation
of legacy geochronological data relating to the last British-Irish Ice Sheet, a task undertaken …

[HTML][HTML] Extent and retreat history of the Barra Fan Ice Stream offshore western Scotland and northern Ireland during the last glaciation

SL Callard, CÓ Cofaigh, S Benetti, RC Chiverrell… - Quaternary Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract During the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) the marine-terminating Barra Fan Ice
Stream (BFIS), a major conduit of the British Irish Ice Sheet (BIIS), drained much of western …

The last Scottish ice sheet

CK Ballantyne, D Small - … Science Transactions of the Royal Society …, 2019 - cambridge.org
The last Scottish Ice Sheet (SIS) expanded from a pre-existing ice cap after∼ 35 ka.
Highland ice dominated, with subsequent build-up of a Southern Uplands ice mass. The …

[HTML][HTML] Cosmogenic exposure age constraints on deglaciation and flow behaviour of a marine-based ice stream in western Scotland, 21–16 ka

D Small, S Benetti, D Dove, CK Ballantyne… - Quaternary Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Understanding how marine-based ice streams operated during episodes of deglaciation
requires geochronological data that constrain both timing of deglaciation and changes in …

Scotland's mineral, water and energy resources: building a low-carbon future

M Smith, P Butler, MR Gillespie, RS Haszeldine… - 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Scotland's Earth resources, which include minerals, hydrocarbons, water and hydro energy,
have for many centuries provided a driver for population and economic growth. The nature …

Soft-sediment deformation and glacitectonite formation during the deglaciation of the Allt Cuaich catchment, Grampian Highlands, Scotland

E Phillips, JW Merritt - Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper presents the results of a detailed study of a deformed sequence of Late
Devensian glacifluvial sands, gravels and diamictons exposed within river cliff sections cut …

Exploring controls of the early and stepped deglaciation on the western margin of the British Irish Ice Sheet

S Benetti, RC Chiverrell, CÓ Cofaigh… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
New optically stimulated luminescence dating and Bayesian models integrating all legacy
and BRITICE‐CHRONO geochronology facilitated exploration of the controls on the …

Lateglacial environmental change in Scotland

M Walker, L John - Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of …, 2019 - cambridge.org
This paper reviews the evidence for environmental change during the Lateglacial period (c.
14.7–11.7 ka), perhaps the most intensively studied episode in the Quaternary history of …

Progress in marine geoconservation in Scotland's seas: assessment of key interests and their contribution to Marine Protected Area network planning

JE Gordon, AJ Brooks, PD Chaniotis, BD James… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - Elsevier
Geoconservation in the marine environment has been largely overlooked, despite a wealth
of accumulated information on marine geology and geomorphology and clear links between …

Late readvance and rapid final deglaciation of the last ice sheet in the Grampian Mountains, Scotland

AM Hall, SA Binnie, D Sugden… - Journal of Quaternary …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Towards the end of the last glaciation, ice sourced from the western Grampian Mountains of
Scotland flowed down Strath Spey to encroach on the northern flanks of the Cairngorm …