The last glacial cycle: The Devensian at Seaham

Along the Durham coast glacial sediments record multiple events as the ice passed over the coast and then retreated

 

At Seaham

    • Two subglacial tills: sediments deposited under the ice as it interacted with the landscape bel
Till bedrock Interaction

Lower till (dark brown) at Seaham interacting with Permian Magnesian Limestone bedrock (yellow)

Erratics

Lower till at Seaham overlying coarse fluvial gravels

Roberts et al., 2019:

https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4569

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