Western Grampian Highlands

John E. Gordon; D. Noel Williams

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-71246-4_17

Western Grampian Highlands

John E. Gordon^*, D. Noel Williams

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School of Geography & Sustainable Development

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The Western Grampian Highlands, including Ben Nevis and Glen Coe, form a rugged mountain landscape displaying classic features of glacial erosion developed across a range of metamorphic and igneous rocks. Glacial troughs radiate out from Rannoch Moor, which formed a major ice dispersal centre during successive Pleistocene glacial episodes. The area is also notable for glacier depositional landforms associated with the Loch Lomond Readvance, particularly a large valley sandur and associated landforms at the western end of Loch Etive and hummocky recessional moraines on Rannoch Moor—a key locality for establishing the timing of deglaciation of the West Highland ice cap. Excellent examples of Holocene rock-slope failures, debris flows, debris cones and alluvial fans add to the geomorphological diversity, while Glen Coe provides a geologically outstanding illustration of a caldera collapse. A large part of the area lies within Lochaber Geopark.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Landscapes and landforms of Scotland
Editors	Colin K. Ballantyne, John E. Gordon
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
Chapter	17
Pages	317-331
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030712464
ISBN (Print)	9783030712457, 9783030712488
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71246-4_17
Publication status	Published - 25 Aug 2021

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Name	World geomorphological landscapes
ISSN (Print)	2213-2090
ISSN (Electronic)	2213-2104

Keywords

Alluvial fans
Caldera collapse
Debris flows and cones
Geopark
Glacial erosion
Hummocky recessional moraines
Loch Lomond Readvance
Rock-slope failures
Valley sandar

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