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The Extent of Glaciation in the Island of St. Kilda

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

L. R. Wager
L. R. Wager
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Mineralogy, University Museum, Oxford.
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Abstract

Moraines which in one case at least contain striated boulders, show that, at the maximum of Quaternary glaciation, small, thin glaciers developed in the island of St. Kilda at certain favourable places. There is no evidence that the Hebridean ice sheet reached the island and no signs of raised beaches which would indicate recent emergence.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 90 , Issue 3 , June 1953 , pp. 177 - 181
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1953

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