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The Callander (Auchenlaich) moraine: A new site report for the Western Highland Boundary block of the Quaternary of Scotland Geological Conservation Review (GCR)
Proceedings of the Geologists' Association ( IF 1.2 ) Pub Date : 2020-10-12 , DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2020.09.005
John Lowe , Vanessa Brazier

The Callander Moraine (also known locally as the Auchenlaich Moraine) is an exceptionally well-preserved glacial landform on the outskirts of the town of Callander, in the council district of Stirling. It is part of an assemblage of neighbouring glacial landforms and sedimentary sequences which include eskers, kame terraces and kettle holes. When viewed both individually and together these features provide evidence for the interpretation of the nature, timing and extent of an ice margin at one of the south-eastern limits of the main icefield that occupied the Western Highlands during the Loch Lomond Readvance (Lowe, 1993), the last episode of glacial expansion to affect Scotland. This site description forms a new inclusion of the site into the Quaternary of Scotland Geological Conservation Review (GCR). The Callander Moraine is a key feature because it one of the best constrained of the ice limits dating to this glacial episode: sedimentary sequences within kettle hole basins closely located on both the up-valley (GCR site at Mollands) and down-valley (GCR site at Tynaspirit) sides of the moraine provide stratigraphic and independent dating evidence for the age of the feature, although recent advances in dating methods should allow significant refinement of the current age estimate. Although much remains to be clarified about the origin and age of the Callander Moraine, this very close association between a terminal moraine of Loch Lomond Readvance age and datable deposits that bracket its age makes it unique in the UK, and a key target for future research. Finally, there is presently an emerging debate over the pattern and timing of disintegration of the Loch Lomond Readvance ice masses, the last to occupy the Highlands of Scotland, an important topic in which the evidence from the nationally important site of the Callander Moraine, together with the assemblage of surrounding glacial landforms and sediments, can continue to play a pivotal role.



中文翻译:

卡兰德(Auchenlaich)冰ora:苏格兰第四纪西部高地边界块的新站点报告地质保育评论(GCR)

卡兰德冰a(在当地也称为Auchenlaich冰a)是斯特灵议会区卡兰德镇郊外保存完好的冰川地貌。它是相邻冰川地形和沉积序列(包括esker,kame阶地和壶孔)组合的一部分。当单独和一起观察时,这些特征为解释在Lomond Lomond Readvance时期占领西部高地的主要冰原东南缘之一的冰缘的性质,时间和范围提供了证据(Lowe,1993年)。 ),最后一次冰川扩张影响到苏格兰。该站点描述将站点重新纳入了苏格兰第四纪地质保护评论(GCR)。卡兰德冰a是关键特征,因为它是受此冰川事件影响最大的冰区限制之一:壶孔盆地内的沉积层序同时位于上谷(莫兰群岛的GCR站点)和下谷(GCR) Ty的侧面提供了该特征年龄的地层和独立的测年证据,尽管测年方法的最新进展应允许对当前年龄进行重大改进。尽管关于Callander冰Mor的来源和年龄还有很多待澄清,但Lomond Lomond Readvance年龄的冰ora终末与支撑其年龄的易碎矿床之间的这种紧密联系使它在英国独树一帜,并成为未来研究的主要目标。最后,

更新日期:2020-10-12
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