A Pliocene age and origin for the strandflat of the Western Isles of Scotland: A speculative hypothesis

Geological Magazine

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 360-366

  Dawson, Alastair G ^a,b   Dawson, Sue ^c   Cooper, J Andrew G ^d   Gemmell, Alastair ^b   Bates, Richard ^e  

^a Aberdeen Institute for Coastal Science and Management (AICSM)   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

coastal rock platform; eustasy; glaciations; glacio isostasy; Pleistocene; Pliocene; sea level change

Indexed keywords

SEA LEVEL;

EUSTASY; GLACIATIONS; GLACIO ISOSTASIES; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; ROCK PLATFORMS; SEALEVEL CHANGE;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

COASTAL ZONE; EUSTACY; GLACIATION; GLACIOISOSTASY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN ISLES;

EID: 84873405873     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756812000568     Document Type: Article

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