Nunataks of the last ice sheet in northwest Scotland
- 1 December 1995
- Vol. 24 (4) , 305-323
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1995.tb00782.x
Abstract
High‐level weathering limits separating ice‐scoured topography from an upper zone of frost‐weathered detritus were identified on 17 mountains in NW Scotland at altitudes of 500 m over the extreme NW tip of Scotland and to 700–730 m at the head of Little Loch Broom.Keywords
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