View source for Cainozoic geology and landscape evolution of north-east Scotland - important localities

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| 1||Teindland||Long sequence; 4 tills; Ipswichian palaeosol; luminescence dated sand
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| 2||Boyne Limestone Quarry||Mesozoic rafts; glacitectonites; 3 tills one shelly; Whitehills Glacigenic Formation with OIS 2/3 shells
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| 3||Castle Hill, Gardenstown||Mesozoic rafts; glacitectonites; 3 tills one shelly; Whitehills Glacigenic Formation with OIS 2/3 shells; capped by glaciolacustrine  Kirkburn Silt Formation
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| 4||King Edward||Rafted OIS 3/4 shelly deposits
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| 5||Crossbrae Farm, Turriff||Early Devensian peat bed; gelifluctates
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| 6||Howe of Byth Quarry||Windermere Interstadial peat; OIS 2 till; OIS 3 gravel (luminescence dated)
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| 7||Kirkhill and Leys quarries||Longest sequence in region; 2 palaeosols; 5 gelifluctate beds; three 100 ka cycles represented (3 tills)
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| 8||Oldmill pit||Mesozoic rafts; glacitectonites; 2 tills, old gravel
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| 9||Philorth valley||Estuarine deposits and peat; Holocene sea level change
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| 10||Ugie valley||Glacial Lake Ugie and possible mid OIS 2 readvance; tundra polygons
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| 11||St Fergus||Raised OIS 2 glaciomarine silts and late readvance; tundra polygons
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| 12||Sandford Bay||Logie-Buchan Drift Group deformation tills and clays on 'local' till with sparse Norwegian erratics
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| 13||Windy Hills||Neogene quartzite gravels; tills and gelifluctates; GPR traverse
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| 14||Moss of Cruden||Devonian Smallburn Sandstone Formation outlier Lower Cretaceous Moreseat Sandstone Formation outlier Neogene Buchan Ridge flint/quartzite gravels Camp Fauld; Early Devensian peat bed, 2 tills
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| 15||Ellon (Bellscamphie)||'indigo' shelly till; long sequence with 4 tills
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| 16||Kippet Hills (Slains)||Esker; Logie-Buchan Drift Group; early Pleistocene shells
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| 17||Errollston Clay Pit||Logie-Buchan Drift Group deformation tills and clays
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| 18||Mill of Dyce pit||Deglaciation of lower Don valley; deltaic sequence
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| 19||Strabathie, Bridge of Don||Deltaic sequence formed during parting of ice streams
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| 20||Nether Daugh, Kintore||Meander infill; late Holocene environmental change
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| 21||Rothens, Monymusk||Kettle hole infill; Late-glacial sequence
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| 22||Nigg Bay, Aberdeen||Long sequence including elements of four drift groups
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| 23||Loch of Park, Banchory||Late-glacial to Holocene pollen sequence
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| 24||Balnakettle, Fettercairn||Tectonised sequence; late readvance of East Grampian ice
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| 25||Knockhill, Glenbervie||Windermere Interstadial peat bed under landslipped till
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| 26||Burn of Benholm||Red till on Early Devensian peat on shelly diamicton
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===Important localities===
::[[Teindland, near Elgin - locality, Cainozoic of north-east Scotland|1 Teindland, near Elgin]]
::[[Boyne Limestone Quarry - locality, Cainozoic of north-east Scotland|2 Boyne Limestone Quarry]]
::[[Castle Hill, Gardenstown - locality, Cainozoic of north-east Scotland|3 Castle Hill, Gardenstown]]
::[[King Edward - locality, Cainozoic of north-east Scotland|4 King Edward]]
::[[Crossbrae Farm, Turriff - locality, Cainozoic of north-east Scotland|5 Crossbrae Farm, Turriff]]
::[[Howe of Byth Quarry - locality, Cainozoic of north-east Scotland|6 Howe of Byth Quarry]]
::[[Kirkhill and Leys quarries - locality, Cainozoic of north-east Scotland|7 Kirkhill and Leys quarries]]
::[[Oldmill Quarry - locality, Cainozoic of north-east Scotland|8 Oldmill Quarry]]
::[[Philorth valley, Fraserburgh - locality, Cainozoic of north-east Scotland|9 Philorth valley, Fraserburgh]]
::[[Ugie valley - locality, Cainozoic of north-east Scotland|10 Ugie valley]]
::[[St Fergus (Annachie) - locality, Cainozoic of north-east Scotland|11 St Fergus (Annachie)]]
::[[Sandford Bay - locality, Cainozoic of north-east Scotland|12 Sandford Bay]]
::[[Windyhills - locality, Cainozoic of north-east Scotland|13 Windyhills]]
::[[Moss of Cruden - locality, Cainozoic of north-east Scotland|14 Moss of Cruden]]
::[[Ellon (Bellscamphie) - locality, Cainozoic of north-east Scotland|15 Ellon (Bellscamphie)]]
::[[Kippet Hills, Slains - locality, Cainozoic of north-east Scotland|16 Kippet Hills, Slains]]
::[[Errollston Clay Pit, Cruden Bay - locality, Cainozoic of north-east Scotland|17 Errollston Clay Pit, Cruden Bay]]
::[[Mill of Dyce - locality, Cainozoic of north-east Scotland|18 Mill of Dyce]]
::[[Strabathie - locality, Cainozoic of north-east Scotland|19 Strabathie]]
::[[Nether Daugh, Kintore - locality, Cainozoic of north-east Scotland|20 Nether Daugh, Kintore]]
::[[Rothens, Monymusk - locality, Cainozoic of north-east Scotland|21 Rothens, Monymusk]]
::[[Nigg Bay, Aberdeen - locality, Cainozoic of north-east Scotland|22 Nigg Bay, Aberdeen]]
::[[Loch of Park - locality, Cainozoic of north-east Scotland|23 Loch of Park]]
::[[Balnakettle - locality, Cainozoic of north-east Scotland|24 Balnakettle]]
::[[Knockhill Wood, Glenbervie - locality, Cainozoic of north-east Scotland|25 Knockhill Wood, Glenbervie]]
::[[Burn of Benholm - locality, Cainozoic of north-east Scotland|26 Burn of Benholm]]


== References ==
[[References, Cainozoic of north-east Scotland|Full reference list]]

[[Category:Grampian Highlands]]
[[Category: 4. Grampian Highlands]]