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Ice directions in western lleyn and the status of the gwynedd readvance of the last irish sea glacier

✍ Scribed by Danny McCarroll

Book ID
102846296
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1991
Tongue
English
Weight
627 KB
Volume
26
Category
Article
ISSN
0072-1050

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✦ Synopsis

A 'Gwynedd readvance' of the last Irish Sea glacier, terminating on the north coast of the Lleyn peninsula in northwest Wales, has been proposed on the basis of differences in ice flow direction and in drift landforms on either side of the proposed limit. However, detailed drift mapping of western Lleyn reveals erosional and depositional evidence of ice flow direction which are consistent with a single advance and retreat. Differences in drift landforms are explained by the influence of topography on glacier dynamics and sedimentation. There is, therefore, no reason to invoke a 'Gwynedd readvance' of the last Irish Sea glacier and the marked climatic deterioration which a substantial readvance of such a large glacier would imply.

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