The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 22
[contents]
The Glaciation of the Orkney Islands. By B. N. Peach, Esq., F.G.S., of the Geological Survey of Scotland, and John Horne, Esq., E.G.S., of the Geological Survey of Scotland.
[ Plates XXVI. & XXVII.]
I. | Introduction. |
II. | Geological Structure. |
III. | Glaciation. |
IV. | Boulder-clay. |
V. | Moraines. |
VI. | Erratics. |
VII. | Conclusion. |
( a) | Orkney glaciated by Scotch ice. |
( b) | Explanation of the occurrence of marine shells in the Boulder-clay. |
( c) | Absence of gravels and raised beaches in Orkney. |