Affiliation:
1. School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Stirling University, Stirling FK9 4LA, Scotland, UK
Abstract
An early stage in formation of a composite debris cone in the glacial trough of the Lochan na Lairige, on Ben Lawers, is 14C dated to 6398–6225 cal years BP. A large proportion of the debris cone comprises a structureless gravel with boulders, possibly deposited in a single event. Blanket peat formed on the debris cone surface at 3820–3496 cal years BP. Sediment slurries are recorded across the peat after this time, at c. 3950–c. 3100, c. 2000 and c. 1400 cal years BP, and at c. 1200–c. 1100 cal years BP. They were much less significant events. They can be related to periods of higher effective precipitation in the region.
Publisher
Geological Society of London
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