Understanding the history of the British and Irish Ice Sheet (BIIS) at the Last Glacial
Maximum (LGM) has been advanced by new approaches, in particular, by cosmogenic …

All currently known sites in the United Kingdom with evidence for the Holocene Storegga
Slide tsunami are described. Information on the altitude, distribution, stratigraphical context …

Abstract Analysis of more than 1200 radiocarbon dated samples that constrain relative sea‐
levels in Great Britain over the past 16 000 yr provides estimates of current land‐level …

Lagoonal sediments attributed to the main Holocene marine transgression in Strath
Halladale, northern Sutherland, contain a complex coarser layer believed to have been …

Submarine mass failures (which include submarine slides or submarine landslides) occur
widely on open continental margins. Understanding their cause is of great importance in …

This paper summarises developments in understanding sea level change during the
Quaternary in Scotland since the publication of the Quaternary of Scotland Geological …

The 8.2 ka climate event is the most significant North Atlantic cooling event during the
Holocene. Freshwater pulses from the melting Laurentide Ice Sheet draining into the North …

Scotland's Earth resources, which include minerals, hydrocarbons, water and hydro energy,
have for many centuries provided a driver for population and economic growth. The nature …

Recent work has applied microtextural and heavy mineral analyses to sandy storm and
tsunami deposits from Portugal, Scotland, Indonesia and the USA. We looked at the …

Tsunamis are a major hazard along many of the world's coastlines. To understand the
impact of these events, a sufficiently long record of previous events is needed, which can be …