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Stratigraphy of a Lateglacial lake basin sediment sequence at Turret Bank, upper Glen Roy, Lochaber: implications for the age of the Turret Fan
New lithostratigraphical, pollen-stratigraphical and tephrostratigraphical data are presented
for a sediment sequence at Turret Bank, a site that lies close to the confluence of the River
Turret with the River Roy in Lochaber, the western Scottish Highlands. The site is also
adjacent to the inner margin of a major gravel fan, the Glen Turret Fan, the age of which has
been debated and has a crucial bearing on the overall sequence of events in Glen Roy,
especially concerning the maximum limit of Loch Lomond Readvance (Younger Dryas) ice.
Several lines of evidence point to the sediment sequence at Turret bank having been wholly
deposited during the Loch Lomond Stadial-early Holocene transition: (i) the pollen sequence
is typical for this transitional period; (ii) varved deposits preserved in the sequence bear a
strong resemblance to mid-Stadial varves in a regional master varve scheme for Glen Roy
and vicinity (the Lochaber Master Varve Chronology); and (iii) an early Holocene tephra ā
the Askja-S Tephra ā is preserved within the sequence. Some limitations with the new data
are considered, but it is concluded that the coherent integration of lithostratigraphic,
geomorphological, pollen-stratigraphical and tephrostratigraphical data point to the likelihood
that Loch Lomond Readvance ice extended to the inner margin of the Glen Turret Fan, and
that the fan was probably constructed by glacial meltwaters at this time
A multiāproxy record of abrupt cooling events during the Windermere Interstadial at Crudale Meadow, Orkney, UK
Three clearly defined abrupt cooling events (ACEs) can be observed within Greenland Interstadial
(GI)ā1 in the Greenland iceācore records. However, the spatial variation in amplitude and timing of these ACEs is
poorly understood due to the paucity of wellādated records with quantified temperature reconstructions. This
study presents highāresolution chironomidāinferred July air temperature (TJul) and oxygen isotope (Ī“18O) records
from Crudale Meadow (Orkney Isles, UK). Three centennialāscale ACEs punctuate the Windermere Interstadial at
Crudale Meadow. The largest ACE shows an amplitude of 5.4 Ā°C and a 1% isotopic decline and is centred on ~14.0 ka
BP, consistent with the timing of the GIā1d event in the Greenland stratigraphy. The two other observed ACEs are of
smaller magnitude and are centred on ~13.6 ka BP and ~13.2 ka BP, with these smaller magnitude events tentatively
correlated with the GIā1cii and GIā1b events, respectively, but lack sufficient chronological constraint to fully assess
their timing. When comparing the Crudale Meadow record with other locations in the British Isles a strong relationship
can be observed between the magnitude of TJul cooling and latitude, with a reduced signal in more southerly locations,
indicating that oceanic forcing may be a key driver of the ACEs