The Erosion Surfaces of the South-Western Lake District

Parry, John T.

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“…The main original studies of the landscape in the Lake District and its immediate surroundings have been by Hollingworth (1937), McConnell (1939McConnell ( , 1940 and Parry (1960). As already noted, Hollingworth (1937) recognised upland flats in the northern and western Lake District that he regarded as fossil wavecut platforms created by marine erosion (Table 1).…”

Section: Indicators Of Uplift In the Lake Districtmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Note that in the interpretation proposed in this study, the altitudes of features of a given age increase westward, consistent with the westward and northward increase in uplift rates that is inferred to exist between the North Pennines and the Lake District. Some of the altitudinal groupings by Parry (1960) are thus diachronous. See text for discussion.…”

Section: The Southern Lake Districtmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Locations of karstic caves are from Tooley (1985) and Waltham et al (1997). Shading indicates how Parry (1960) grouped the sites into his erosion surface levels. At selected sites, spot heights are given in feet and metres, followed by suggested MIS interpretations from this study.…”

Section: The Southern Lake Districtmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…2) includes many sites where Parry (1960) interpreted rock flats as uplifted marine wavecut platforms. However, Parry (1960) inferred that the levels of all these features were constant across this area, introducing a clear contradiction with respect to the karstic data discussed earlier, which Parry (1960). See Fig.…”

Section: The Southern Lake Districtmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, as others (e.g., King, 1976, p. 46) have pointed out, these flat valley floors are mainly the product of glacial, not fluvial, erosion. Parry (1960) investigated the landscape in the southern Lake District eastwards as far as the Lune valley at the western margin of the Pennines (Figs. 1 and 2).…”

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Quaternary uplift of northern England

Westaway

2009

Global and Planetary Change

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Section: The Southern Lake Districtmentioning

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Section: The Southern Lake Districtmentioning

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Quaternary uplift of northern England

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2009

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The glaciology of the coniston basin

Gresswell

1962

Geological Journal

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Much of the lower hill-country of the Lake District had a continuous icecover during the Main Irish Sea glaciation, as probably also in the earlier glaciations, and there are many indications of iceaction at considerable altitude. The later phases of the Newer glaciation, however, made a great contribution to the present topography, in respect both of valley erosion and lowland deposition. The main Coniston glacier bifurcated south of Coniston town, and the eastern portion itself divided into three at Blawith and Lowick Green. A further triple subdivision also occurred north of Ulverston. The drumlin display formed by the piedmont glaciers is correlated with the Scottish re-advance, and with an end moraine at Kirkham, Lancashire. They are very similar to drumlins forming an extensive field of the same age between the Antrim and Kells moraines in Ireland. A substantial terminal moraine was formed at Haverthwaite and a multiple one at Nibthwaite. Thee are correlated with terminal moraines at Newby Bridge and Church Town, and with the Highland re-advance and the Antrim coast glaciation. The sculpturing of the cirques to the form seen today belongs to the last, post-Aller6d phase, the Cirque glaciation.

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Quaternary hydrological development in the Morecambe Bay karst, northwest England

Gale¹

1984

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography

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Gale, S. J. 1984. Quaternary hydrological development in the Morecambe Bay karst, northwest England. Norsk geogr. Tidsskr. Vol. 38,185-192. Oslo. ISSN 0029-1951. Avec un resume en francais a la fin.The distribution of active and abandoned caves in the Morecambe Bay karst is indicative of at least two phases of subsurface drainage development, separated by an episode of valley incision, landscape dissection and surface lowering. It is suggested that the phase of erosion was associated with glaciation by ice from the adjoining Cumbrian massif, and that the earlier phase of drainage development was of at least last interglacial age. This view is supported by the evidence of the age and mode of deposition of the sedimentary infill in the caves, and by estimates of cave palacocatchment area. The caves of the earlier phase of drainage development were formed in valleys that were already deeply incised. It would therefore appear that the last glaciation only succeeded in slightly modifying an existing topography, a view at odds with conventional ideas of landscape development in Cumbria as a whole.

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The Erosion Surfaces of the South-Western Lake District

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Quaternary uplift of northern England

Quaternary uplift of northern England

The glaciology of the coniston basin

Quaternary hydrological development in the Morecambe Bay karst, northwest England

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