Holocene land‐and sea‐level changes in Great Britain

I Shennan, B Horton - … of Quaternary Science: Published for the …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Analysis of more than 1200 radiocarbon dated samples that constrain relative sea‐
levels in Great Britain over the past 16 000 yr provides estimates of current land‐level …

The Storegga slides: evidence from eastern Scotland for a possible tsunami

AG Dawson, D Long, DE Smith - Marine geology, 1988 - Elsevier
Abstract The Second Storegga Slide on the continental slope off western Norway has been
dated at between 8000 and 5000 yrs BP A prominent sand layer in Flandrian (Holocene) …

Ice-proximal glaciomarine sedimentation and sea-level change in the Inverness area, Scotland: a review of the deglaciation of a major ice stream of the British Late …

JW Merritt, CA Auton, CR Firth - Quaternary Science Reviews, 1995 - Elsevier
Evidence of both rising and falling relative sea levels and glacitectonic movements is
preserved in two formations of raised glaciomarine deposits that were laid down in front of …

On the postglacial isostatic adjustment of the British Isles and the shallow viscoelastic structure of the Earth

WR Peltier, I Shennan, R Drummond… - Geophysical Journal …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Observations of postglacial relative sea level (RSL) history at sites beyond the margins of
the main accumulations of Würm–Wisconsin–Devensian ice may be invoked to test the …

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 …

Late Devensian and Holocene relative sealevel changes at Loch nan Eala, near Arisaig, northwest Scotland

I Shennan, JB Innes, AJ Long… - Journal of Quaternary …, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
Pollen, diatom, radiocarbon and lithostratigraphical data from isolation basins in northwest
Scotland are used to quantify the reference water (tide) level, indicative range and age of …

Patterns of isostatic land uplift during the Holocene: evidence from mainland Scotland

DE Smith, RA Cullingford, CR Firth - The Holocene, 2000 - journals.sagepub.com
Preliminary results of a lengthy and detailed investigation into middle-and late-Holocene
raised shorelines in mainland Scotland indicate that three shorelines are sufficiently widely …

Holocene relative sea-level changes and shoreline displacement in the Dornoch Firth area, Scotland

DE Smith, CR Firth, SC Turbayne, CL Brooks - Proceedings of the …, 1992 - Elsevier
The Dornoch Firth area contains widespread evidence of Holocene relative sea-level
changes. In this study, one and possibly three raised shorelines have been identified on the …

Loch Lomond stadial and Flandrian shorelines in the inner Moray Firth area, Scotland

CR Firth, BA Haggart - Journal of Quaternary Science, 1989 - Wiley Online Library
Morphological 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 …

Relative sea-level rise during the Main Postglacial Transgression in NE Scotland, UK

DE Smith, CR Firth, CL Brooks, M Robinson… - … Transactions of The …, 1999 - cambridge.org
Flandrian (Holocene) relative sea level changes in the lower Ythan valley, NE Scotland, UK,
are inferred from detailed stratigraphical evidence including microfossil analysis and …