Flandrian Relative Sea-Level Changes in the Philorth Valley, North-East Scotland

Landforms and deposits in the lower Philorth valley near Fraserburgh, are examined. The valley floor is extensively occupied by peat, within which colluvial, fluvial, and estuarine deposits occur. Pollen analysis is employed to establish a vegetational context within which the deposits accumulated a...

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Published in:Transactions - Institute of British Geographers (1965) 1982-01, Vol.7 (3), p.321-336
Main Authors: Smith, D. E., Cullingford, R. A., Seymour, W. P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alluvium
Altitude
Gravel
Peat
Pollen
Radiocarbon
Sedges
Silts
Stratigraphy
Valleys
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Summary:Landforms and deposits in the lower Philorth valley near Fraserburgh, are examined. The valley floor is extensively occupied by peat, within which colluvial, fluvial, and estuarine deposits occur. Pollen analysis is employed to establish a vegetational context within which the deposits accumulated and 14C dating is used to measure their age more closely. It is concluded that at least two episodes of marine transgression occurred during the middle Flandrian in the valley. These results are discussed in a wider context.
ISSN:0020-2754
1475-5661
DOI:10.2307/621994