The Geomorphology of North-west EnglandRichard Hugh Johnson |
Contents
The geological evolution of Northwest England F M Broadhurst | 24 |
PermoTriassic and Jurassic sediments | 34 |
Current theories | 49 |
Discussion and conclusion | 55 |
Glacial and PostGlacial climatic conditions in Northwest England | 59 |
Soil development and soil patterns in Northwest England | 80 |
Conclusion | 93 |
The river systems of Northwest England A M Harvey | 122 |
The imprint of glaciation on the West Pennine Uplands | 237 |
The Devensian glaciation | 244 |
Conclusion | 260 |
The Late and Postglacial environmental history of the southern | 282 |
The distribution and origins of the lowland mosslands | 299 |
Origins of the main mossland types | 306 |
new Light on | 313 |
Geomorphology and urban development in the Manchester area | 337 |
The Quaternary of the northern Irish Sea Basin G S P Thomas | 143 |
Quaternary geomorphology of the southern Lake District | 159 |
The Quaternary history of the Lancashire Plain David Longworth | 178 |
Pleistocene history of the Cheshire Shropshire Plain Peter Worsley | 201 |
The Quaternary history of North Staffordshire A Knowles | 222 |
Ground movements in parts of Salford and Bury Greater Manchester | 353 |
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altitudes associated basin bedrock beds borehole Britain Brook Carboniferous catchment cave channel Chelford Cheshire climatic coastal Cumbria deglaciation deposits Devensian glaciation Devensian ice drainage drift drumlins eroded erosion evidence Featherbed Moss Flandrian flow formed Geol geological geomorphology glacial glaciers gullies hills Holocene horizon ice sheet interstadial Irish Sea Irwell Isle karst Lake District Lancashire landforms landscape Late Devensian limestone lower lowland Manchester marine meltwater Mersey moraine Morecambe Bay Moss SD mosslands movement North-west England northwest Yorkshire occur outcrops Peak District peat peat erosion Pennington periglacial period planation Pleistocene pollen post-glacial Quaternary readvance recognised region Ribble River rocks sands and gravels sandstone sea level sediments sequence Shirdley Hill silts slopes soils solifluction south-west southern Pennines speleothem Sphagnum strata stratigraphic streams subaerial suggested surface Tallis Tarn temperatures terrace Tertiary thick Tooley topography Triassic upland upper valley Windermere zone