tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post8871182303965954156..comments2024-03-28T14:00:12.372+00:00Comments on Stonehenge and the Ice Age: More on the Glaciation of DartmoorBRIAN JOHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-89709857710959913762013-08-29T18:55:58.075+01:002013-08-29T18:55:58.075+01:00Wonder what the late, lamented Professor Mick Asto...Wonder what the late, lamented Professor Mick Aston, 1946-2013 [of Time Team fame, but much more], would have made of this? Mick's very first excursion into a Time Team - like programme was just north of Dartmoor.<br /><br />Mick was also originally a Geographer at Birmingham University, and wrote a good deal on environmental factors in relation to archaeology - quite akin to the skills employed in Historical Geography. A modest man, I think he would have listened readily to the new evidence, and made his own mind up.TonyHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-72021755280827367772013-08-27T04:22:27.992+01:002013-08-27T04:22:27.992+01:00Not a lake, Brian. But a glacial lake! With the Ir...Not a lake, Brian. But a glacial lake! With the Irish Sea Glacier encroaching along the Bristol Channel and SW coast. Forming a glacial dam creating a glacial lake. Which latter froze solid over 1300 years of freezing conditions during the Younger Dryas. <br /><br />KostasConstantinos Ragazasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-10482934977238694262013-08-26T22:26:04.209+01:002013-08-26T22:26:04.209+01:00Kostas -- for the umpteenth time, look at the map ...Kostas -- for the umpteenth time, look at the map and look at the landscape. You are not going to get a lake on Salisbury Plain, no matter what crazy scenario you try to dream up.BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-50361329228665128652013-08-26T21:55:19.780+01:002013-08-26T21:55:19.780+01:00Brian,
Perhaps small rivers and glacial lakes may...Brian,<br /><br />Perhaps small rivers and glacial lakes may freeze/melt each year. But would a much larger glacial lake (for example covering Salisbury Plain) frozen solid melt completely each year?<br /><br />KostasConstantinos Ragazasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-23571391822108748352013-08-26T18:21:57.584+01:002013-08-26T18:21:57.584+01:00Kostas -- remember that even if there is an ice ca...Kostas -- remember that even if there is an ice cap present on the upland, there is always melting going on around the edges. This means that any lakes in the vicinity will probably freeze in the winter and melt in the summer. High level lakes that might have been in the uplands prior to glaciation will simply be wiped out by the buildup of the ice cap.BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-32716876359760494982013-08-26T18:08:27.907+01:002013-08-26T18:08:27.907+01:00Brian,
Your reporting on this study of the glacia...Brian,<br /><br />Your reporting on this study of the glaciation of Dartmoor is very relevant and important in our discussions here on Stonehenge. It is encouraging the science on this has been reinforced with a follow-up paper.<br /> <br />Question:<i>If meteorological conditions resulted in the glaciation of Dartmoor, wont this also result in the freezing of any glacial lakes in the geographical proximity to Dartmoor?</i><br /><br />KostasConstantinos Ragazasnoreply@blogger.com