Having spent a lot of time lately pondering on the Devensian and the Younger Dryas -- and on the matter of the Last Glacial Maximum or LGM -- it's time to look again at the Greatest British Glaciation of GBG. Not many British geomorphologists tackle this issue -- maybe because information is very scanty -- and there is very little evidence on the ground to give guidance. that is the way with ancient deposits.
The above map is a start -- from the paper written by Lionel Jackson and myself for EARTH magazine. The crucial matter is this: precisely where was the southern limit of glaciation located? Watch this space....
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