Late- and Post-Glacial Shorelines, and Ice Limits in Argyll and North-East Ulster

An analysis of the Late- and Post-glacial shorelines in Argyll and North-east Ulster show that they are arranged in a series veering westward. The older shorelines are more highly tilted than the younger ones. By means of shoreline diagrams the Late-glacial series is related to particular glacial st...

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Transgression
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