caa a22 4500 38811052X CHVBK 20180307125352.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130s1999 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0263593300002480 doi S0263593300002480 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0263593300002480 Relative sea-level rise during the Main Postglacial Transgression in NE Scotland, U.K [Elektronische Daten] Flandrian (Holocene) relative sea level changes in the lower Ythan valley, NE Scotland, U.K., are inferred from detailed stratigraphical evidence including microfossil analysis and radiocarbon assay. The principal event recorded is the Main Postglacial Transgression, which was under way in the area by c. 8300 and had culminated before c. 4000 radiocarbon years BP. It is concluded that the rise in relative sea levels during the transgression in the area exceeded 12 m; that the mean rate of rise there was 8·05 mm a−1 between c. 8300 and c. 7100 radiocarbon years BP, or 7·09 mm a−1 based upon calibrated dates for the same period, before declining markedly to 1·75 mm a−1 (radiocarbon) or 1·86 mm a−1 (calibrated) to the culmination of the event. By comparison with other sites, the culmination appears to have been time-transgressive in eastern Scotland. Deposits of the Second Storegga Slide tsunami, which occurred during the Main Postglacial Transgression, are present in the Ythan valley, where the sediment run-up of the event at the sites studied is estimated to have been within the range 2·99-5·19 m. Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1999 diatoms nationallicence Flandrian nationallicence glacio-isostasy nationallicence Main Postglacial Shoreline nationallicence pollen nationallicence stratigraphy nationallicence tsunami nationallicence Smith D. E. Centre for Quaternary Science, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, CV1 5FB, U.K. Firth C. R. Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Brunei University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, TW7 5DU, U.K. Brooks C. L. 18 Bullfinch Close, Creekmoor, Poole, Dorset, BH17 7UP, U.K. Robinson M. School of Geography and Geosciences, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9ST, U.K. Collins P. E. F. Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, TW7 5DU, U.K. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences Royal Society of Edinburgh Scotland Foundation 90/1(1999), 1-27 0263-5933 90:1<1 1999 90 TRE https://doi.org/10.1017/S0263593300002480 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0263593300002480 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Smith D. E. Centre for Quaternary Science, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, CV1 5FB, U.K NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Firth C. R. Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Brunei University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, TW7 5DU, U.K NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Brooks C. L. 18 Bullfinch Close, Creekmoor, Poole, Dorset, BH17 7UP, U.K NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Robinson M. School of Geography and Geosciences, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9ST, U.K NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Collins P. E. F. Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, TW7 5DU, U.K NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences Royal Society of Edinburgh Scotland Foundation 90/1(1999), 1-27 0263-5933 90:1<1 1999 90 TRE CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge