Sediments of the Flandrian transgression in south-west Scotland: terminology and criteria for fades distinction

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Synopsis: Coastal sediments occurring in central and south-west Scotland at 2 to 10 m above British Ordnance Datum, and hitherto designated the ‘25-ft’ or ‘Post-glacial raised beach’ are shown on theoretical grounds and on the basis of field study in south-west Scotland to comprise at least four distinct fades. Beach, open-bay, estuarine and lagoonal deposits are distinguished, primarily on consideration of shape of the sedimentary body concerned and location of the deposits in relation to the contemporary shore-line, to a lesser degree on consideration of texture, degree of sorting, degree of stratification and organic content. It is suggested that the collective term ‘raised coastal sediments’ rather than ‘raised beach sediments’ be used in reference to this assemblage of deposits.

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