Late-Glacial scree in Wales
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26485/BP/1966/15/17Keywords:
frost-shattering, solifluction, pokrywa roślinnaAbstract
Slopes in Wales are often covered by scree deposits. These are relic formations resulting from periglacial conditions in the Late-Glacial period. Many are covered by soil and vegetation, others have been exposed by erosion and are subject to contemporary resorting and accretion. The distribution of these screes covers a wide range of altitude in the areas of Wales which carried glaciers in the Late-Glacial period. Elsewhere, they are restricted to a smaller altitudinal range in hill districts which failed to support glaciers at that time. Their widespread distribution is an indication of the importance of periglacial activity in this glaciated region, in modifying and-forms, and in the consequent influences on soil development and ecology.
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