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NEWEY, W W. 1965. Post-glacial vegetational and climatic changes in part of south-east Scotland. Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh. | NEWEY, W W. 1965. Post-glacial vegetational and climatic changes in part of south-east Scotland. Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh. | ||
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Whitbread, K, Ellen, R, Callaghan, E, Gordon, J E, and Arkley, S. 2014. East Lothian geodiversity audit. British Geological Survey Internal Report, OR/14/063. |
ELC_24: Lochhouses | |
Site Information | |
Location and Summary Description: The site comprises a peat-filled depression in a gully system north of Lochhouses, 1.5 km north-east of Whitekirk, that contains sedimentary evidence for a tsunami associated with the Holocene Storegga Slide that occurred offshore south-west Norway around 8110 years ago. It is an important dated reference site for this event in south-east Scotland. | |
National Grid Reference: Mid-point: 361415, 682176 |
Site type:
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Site ownership: Not known | Current use: Agricultural land |
Field surveyors: John Gordon | Current geological designations: None |
Date visited: 24th October 2014 | Other designations: None |
Site Map |
Site Description |
Background The site consists of two buried gullies that join to form a peat filled depression cut off from the coast by blown sand north of Lochhouses (ELC_24 P1). Quaternary Deposits and Landforms Access and Additional Information |
Stratigraphy and Rock Types | |
Age: n/a | Formation: n/a |
Rock type: n/a |
Assessment of Site: Access and Safety | |
Aspect | Description |
Road access and parking | Access is via Lochhouses Farm. |
Safety of access | The site can be viewed from adjacent farm tracks. |
Safety of exposure | There is no exposure. |
Access | Access is via agricultural land. |
Current condition | Good. |
Current conflicting activities | The area is used for agriculture which is compatible with maintaining the interest. |
Restricting conditions | None evident. |
Nature of exposure | Sub-surface sediments accessible only by coring. |
Assessment of Site: Culture, Heritage & Economic Value | |
Aspect | Description |
Historic, archaeological & literary associations | n/a |
Aesthetic landscape | Near the coast. |
History of Earth Sciences | Evidence of tsunami hitting Scotland’s shores 8110 years ago. |
Economic geology | n/a |
Assessment of Site: GeoScientific Merit | ||||
Rarity | Quality | Literature/Collections | Primary Interest | |
Lithostratigraphy | ||||
Sedimentology | ||||
Igneous/Mineral/Metamorphic Geology | ||||
Structural Geology | ||||
Palaeontology | ||||
Geomorphology | Regional | Good | Newey, 1965[4]; Robinson, 1982[1]; Shi, 1995[5]; Haflidason, 2004[3]; Smith et al., 2004[2] | X |
Site Geoscientific Value | ||||
Lochhouses is an important reference site for the Holocene Storegga Slide tsunami in south-east Scotland. A sand layer buried within peat provides sedimentary and dating evidence for the event. |
Assessment of Site: Current site usage | |
Community | Not applicable. |
Education | Field use is principally as a research site. |
Assessment of Site: Fragility and potential use of the site | |
Fragility | The site is potentially sensitive to building development, tree planting, tipping, drainage and deep ploughing. |
Potential use | The site was first investigated in the 1960s and continues to have significant research value. There is also significant potential for virtual interpretation. |
Geodiversity Summary | |
Lochhouses is an important research site for studies of the tsunami arising from the Holocene Storegga Slide around 8110 years ago. |
Site Photos | |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 ROBINSON, M. 1982. Diatom analysis of early Flandrian lagoon sediments from East Lothian, Scotland. Journal of Biogeography, 9, 207–222.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 SMITH, D E, SHI, S., CULLINGFORD, R A, DAWSON, A G, DAWSON, S, FIRTH, C R, FOSTER, I D L, FRETWELL, P T, HAGGART, B A, HOLLOWAY, L K, and LONG, D. 2004. The Holocene Storegga Slide tsunami in the United Kingdom. Quaternary Science Reviews, 23, 2291–2321.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 HAFLIDASON, H, SEJRUP, H P, NYGÅRD, A, MIENERT, J, BRYN, P, LIEN, R, FORSBERG, C F, BERG, K, and MASSON, D. 2004. The Storegga Slide: architecture, geometry and slide development. Marine Geology, 313, 201–234.
- ↑ NEWEY, W W. 1965. Post-glacial vegetational and climatic changes in part of south-east Scotland. Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh.
- ↑ SHI, S. 1995. Observational and theoretical aspects of tsunami sedimentation. Unpublished PhD thesis, Coventry University.