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Scotland's mountain landscapes : a geomorphological perspective /

The diversity of Scotland's mountains is remarkable, ranging from the isolated summits of the far northwest, through the tor-studded high plateau of the Cairngorms to the hills of the Southern Uplands. Colin Ballantyne explains the geological and geomorphological evolution of Scotland's mo...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ballantyne, C. K.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Dunedin Academic Press, [2019]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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520 |a The diversity of Scotland's mountains is remarkable, ranging from the isolated summits of the far northwest, through the tor-studded high plateau of the Cairngorms to the hills of the Southern Uplands. Colin Ballantyne explains the geological and geomorphological evolution of Scotland's mountains to form an unparalleled variety of mountain forms. 
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505 0 |a 1. Introduction -- The land of the mountain and the flood -- Geology and geomorphology; Weathering, erosion and deposition -- Dating the past: the geological timescale -- Dating the Quaternary -- About this book -- 2. The geological evolution of Scotland -- Introduction -- Rocks -- Plate tectonics -- Geological evolution: the making of Scotland -- Conclusion -- 3. Rocks, relief and the preglacial landscape -- Introduction -- Structural grain: the ripples of orogeny -- Rocks and relief -- Cenozoic landscape evolution -- Synthesis -- Before the ice: the preglacial landscape of Scotland -- 4. The Ice Age in Scotland -- Ice ages: an introduction -- Glacial and interglacial stages -- Glaciers and glaciation -- The last Scottish Ice Sheet -- The last mountain glaciers: the Loch Lomond Stade -- The Holocene -- Synthesis -- 5. Glacial landforms -- Introduction -- Landforms of glacial erosion -- Landforms of glacial deposition -- Glacifluvial landforms and deposits -- Ice-dammed lakes -- Synthesis: glacial landscapes of Scotland -- 6. Periglacial landforms -- Introduction -- Ancient periglacial landforms: blockfields and tors -- Lateglacial periglacial landforms -- Active periglacial landforms -- Synthesis -- 7. Landslides and related features -- Introduction -- Rock-slope failures -- Rockfall, talus and snow avalanche landforms -- Slope failures in soil and peat -- Debris flows -- Conclusion -- 8. Aeolian landforms -- Introduction -- Aeolian processes -- Landforms produced by wind erosion -- Aeolian deposits -- Conclusion -- 9. Fluvial landforms -- Introduction -- Mountain rivers -- River terraces -- Alluvial fans -- Conclusion -- Postscript: into the Anthropocene -- 10. Key sites -- Introduction -- An Teallach, Wester Ross -- Torridon, Wester Ross -- The Trotternish escarpment, Isle of Skye -- The Cuillin Hills, Isle of Skye -- Glen Roy, Lochaber -- Glen Coe, Western Grampians -- The Cairngorms -- Drumochter Pass, Central Grampians -- Tinto Hill, Southern Uplands -- Further reading -- Index of locations in Scotland -- Index of Scottish mountains and hills -- General Index. 
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