Glacial Deposits in Great Britain and Ireland

With the increasing awareness of environmental problems, there is a growing desire for a de¬tailed understanding of superficial deposits in general, and glacial deposits in particular

List of contents

Foreword GLACIAL EVENTS Time and space in the glacial sediment systems of the British Isles; Pre-Anglian glacial deposits and glaciations in Britain; Anglian glacial deposits in Britain and the adjoining offshore regions; Wolstonian glacial deposits and glaciation in Britain; Pre-Midlandian glacial deposits in Ireland; Possible early Devensian glacial deposits in the British Isles; Late Devensian glacial deposits and glaciation in Scotland and the adjacent offshore region; Late Devensian glacial deposits and glaciations in eastern England and the adjoining offshore region; Late Midlandian glacial deposits and glaciation in Ireland and the adjacent offshore regions; Fenitian (Midlandian) glacial deposits and glaciation in Ireland and the adjacent offshore regions; The Loch Lomond Stadial glaciation in Britain and Ireland; CRITICAL REGIONS Glacial deposits of the Hebridean region; The glaciation of the Shetland and Orkney Islands; The glacial deposits of Buchan, northeast Scotland; The glaciation and glacial deposits of the western Grampians; The glacial history and glacial deposits of the North and West Cumbrian lowlands; Glacial deposits of Northumbria; Glacial deposits of the English Lake District; The Quaternary history and glacial deposits of East Yorkshire; Quaternary history and glacial deposits of the Peak District; Glacial deposits of the lowlands between the Mersey and Severn rivers; Glacial deposits of Lincolnshire and adjoining areas; The glacial deposits of northwestern Norfolk; The glacial drifts of northeastern Norfolk; The glacial sequence of the southern North Sea; The tills of southern East Anglia; The glacial deposits of South Wales; Glacial deposits of the Isles of Scilly; Glaciation of the central and southwestern Celtic Sea; Glaciomarine deposits of the Irish Sea Basin: The role of Glacio-Isostatic disequilibrium; Glacial deposits and Quaternary stratigraphy of the Isle of Man; Glacial deposits of southwest Ireland; Glacial deposits and landforms of central and western Ireland; The glacial stratigraphy and deposits of Eastern Ireland CRITICAL TOPICS Mapping glacial deposits in Britain and Ireland; Geotechnical properties of glacial deposits in lowland Britain; Styles of Anglian ice-marginal channel sedimentation: As revealed by a conductivity meter and extendable augers; Till lithology in Ireland[ The distribution and stratigraphy of drumlins in Ireland; Sedimentology of glaciofluvial deposits; Glaciofluvial landforms; Deformation structures in British Pleistocene sediments; Geochemical properties of glacial deposits in the British Isles; Glacial deposits of Britain and Europe: General overview.

About the author

Juergen Ehlers, Geologisches Landesant, Hamburg. . Philip L. Gibbard, University of Cambridge. Jim Rose, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, Egham.

Summary

With the increasing awareness of environmental problems, there is a growing desire for a de¬tailed understanding of superficial deposits in general, and glacial deposits in particular. This is because these sediments have a profound influence on groundwater protection, waste management and nature conservation. They are also of vital importance to civil engineering, because they provide the foundation for, as well as the materials extracted to build our roads and buildings. The greater part of the British Isles was glaciated, at least once, during the Quater¬nary Era. In the regions subjected to glaciation, glacial deposits underlie much of the present land surface.

Although there have been many recent publica¬tions on various Quaternary geological topics, the present volume is the first dedicated to a detailed assessment of the glacial deposits of Britain and Ireland. After introductory chapters presenting the glacial history, the sedimentary sequences in 24 critical regions are discussed. These regions include all of Ireland, the gla¬ciated area of Great Britain, and the adjoining offshore region of the North Sea. The controver¬sial evolution of the Irish Sea Basin during the Last Glaciation is discussed from various view¬points. A collection of 'critical topics' presented in the later part of the book range from the classification of glacigenic landforms and de¬posits to the results of geophysical, geotechnical and geochemical analyses.

The book includes 368 figures, 40 tables and 51 colour photographs, a detailed index and a list of over 1000 references. With 45 contributions by 48 scientists, this volume represents a truly contemporary view of this field of research. To¬gether with its companion volume the Glacial deposits in North-West Europe, this book pro¬vides an excellent textbook for the advanced student or the amateur, as well as an indispen¬sible source- and guidebook for the professional scientist.

Product details

• Assisted by: Juergen Ehlers (Editor), Ehlers Juergen (Editor), Philip L. Gibbard (Editor), Gibbard Philip L. (Editor), Jim Rose (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9789061918752
• ISBN: 978-90-6191-875-2
• No. of pages: 614
• Weight: 1610 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, Ireland, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Historical Geology, Historical geology and palaeogeology