Abstract
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Mesolithic and later sites around the Inner Sound, Scotland |
| Subtitle of host publication | the work of Scotland's First Settlers Project, 1998-2004 |
| Editors | Karen Hardy, Caroline Wickham-Jones |
| Place of Publication | Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
| Publisher | Society of Antiquaries of Scotland |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-0903903615 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
Publication series
| Name | Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports |
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| Number | 31 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1473-3803 |
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Late-glacial and Holocene relative sea-level changes in Applecross, Raasay and eastern Skye. / Dawson, Alastair George.
Mesolithic and later sites around the Inner Sound, Scotland: the work of Scotland's First Settlers Project, 1998-2004. ed. / Karen Hardy; Caroline Wickham-Jones. Edinburgh, United Kingdom : Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 2008. (Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports; No. 31).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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T1 - Late-glacial and Holocene relative sea-level changes in Applecross, Raasay and eastern Skye
AU - Dawson, Alastair George
N1 - Internet publication describing patterns of former relative sea-level changes in eastern Skye -Applecross area and links to archaeology
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The origins of the rockshelters at Sand and An Corran are intimately related to past changes in relative sea-level that took place at the close of the last (Late Devensian) glaciation in Scotland. The relative sea-level changes that took place across the North West Highlands at this time resulted from the complex interplay of glacio-isostatic rebound consequent upon regional ice melting (deglaciation) and the influence of glacio-eustatic changes in global ocean volume linked to the melting of ice sheets worldwide. This account describes the interaction of these two key processes and describes how the raised shoreline features of Applecross, Raasay and eastern Skye were mostly formed when sea-level was lower (and not higher) than present. In the following pages, in line with the geosciences, ages are expressed in conventional, years BP alone (that is years before present, taken at 1950). Most of the dates refer to the general age ranges of natural periods, but where radiocarbon dates have been used they have not been calibrated because there are various radiocarbon plateaux which affect dates of this age thus making calibration uncertain.
AB - The origins of the rockshelters at Sand and An Corran are intimately related to past changes in relative sea-level that took place at the close of the last (Late Devensian) glaciation in Scotland. The relative sea-level changes that took place across the North West Highlands at this time resulted from the complex interplay of glacio-isostatic rebound consequent upon regional ice melting (deglaciation) and the influence of glacio-eustatic changes in global ocean volume linked to the melting of ice sheets worldwide. This account describes the interaction of these two key processes and describes how the raised shoreline features of Applecross, Raasay and eastern Skye were mostly formed when sea-level was lower (and not higher) than present. In the following pages, in line with the geosciences, ages are expressed in conventional, years BP alone (that is years before present, taken at 1950). Most of the dates refer to the general age ranges of natural periods, but where radiocarbon dates have been used they have not been calibrated because there are various radiocarbon plateaux which affect dates of this age thus making calibration uncertain.
M3 - Chapter
T3 - Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports
BT - Mesolithic and later sites around the Inner Sound, Scotland
A2 - Hardy, Karen
A2 - Wickham-Jones, Caroline
PB - Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
CY - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ER -