A re-interpretation of the deglaciation of Abernethy Forest, Inverness-shire
- 10 November 1975
- journal article
- Published by Geological Society of London in Scottish Journal of Geology
- Vol. 11 (3) , 193-205
- https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg11030193
Abstract
Synopsis: Field investigations of the Abernethy Forest area, including large-scale geomorphological mapping, show that ice sheet wastage has produced meltwaters that have eroded and deposited sequences of fluvioglacial landforms whose patterns reflect the local topography and changing condition of the wasting glacier ice. Successively lower drainage outlets were utilised as the meltwaters sought out the most direct escape routes. Marginal drainage was never widespread and there is no evidence of former ice-dammed lakes.Keywords
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