tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post9214654738559839192..comments2024-03-28T22:13:17.139+00:00Comments on Stonehenge and the Ice Age: Is Flat Holm a roche moutonnee?BRIAN JOHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-56869349954372283962014-10-06T09:11:19.815+01:002014-10-06T09:11:19.815+01:00Interesting thought, Phil. But Steep Holm also ha...Interesting thought, Phil. But Steep Holm also has an asymmetric cross profile, although it is a much steeper island. There's structural control here too, with the dipping limestone strata, and the island is more elongated than some of the photos indicate. Looks a bit streamlined to me -- and worth examining! Maybe we should think about a Steep Holm trip as well........BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-61493790614801946292014-10-05T22:48:52.569+01:002014-10-05T22:48:52.569+01:00Hello Brian,
A little late getting to this topic b...Hello Brian,<br />A little late getting to this topic but never mind.<br />A thought ---- If Flat Holm is a roche moutonnee and Steep Holm is not, then would this give some indication as to the limits of the ice sheet, for Steep Holm is only 3.81km (2.37 miles) south of Flat Holm?<br />Phil Morgannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-84924593284962521572014-10-03T22:48:10.285+01:002014-10-03T22:48:10.285+01:00I know you visit relatives in Nunney on occasion! ...I know you visit relatives in Nunney on occasion! Might I suggest that next time you visit, drive south on the M5 to Bridgwater, thence on the main road to Glastonbury,turning south east at Street(heading to yeovil) for 10 miles. Be very interested<br />in your opinion of the hills and landscape! Alex Geenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-62099549029551214842014-10-03T22:42:31.543+01:002014-10-03T22:42:31.543+01:00Brian:
A Query? And some hope!
I know that oppo...Brian:<br /><br />A Query? And some hope!<br /><br /> I know that opponents of the glacial transport theory have stated that is impossible because no erratics have been found in their studies of river gravels in river beds draining Salisbury plain. <br /><br />But I've recently read that most academics believe that river gravels exposed to study, were most probably deposited during/since the last glaciation. Gravels deposited during the Anglian are most probably quite rare and only still extant in very few locations!<br /><br />Perhaps you could tell them this!<br /><br /><br />Alex Geenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-5517927697419445772014-10-03T22:40:01.315+01:002014-10-03T22:40:01.315+01:00Thanks Alex -- yes, I remember your photos. I was...Thanks Alex -- yes, I remember your photos. I was not convinced at the time! But one is always open to new possibilities...... by all means send the info through. I'll be interested to see it. And if you want to put more info on this blog, feel free...BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-30973973210912348402014-10-03T22:31:53.057+01:002014-10-03T22:31:53.057+01:00Brian
May I, as a fellow swivel eyed loon, remind ...Brian<br />May I, as a fellow swivel eyed loon, remind you about my opinions about the Rouch Moutonnee form of the hills on the Somerset levels;on the south flank of the mendips?<br /><br />I've now finished my survey of the csa of cave passages on the mendip hills and their relationship to catchment area.<br /><br />Would you like me to email you the data?<br /><br />Funny how the karst conduits to the west with much smaller catchment areas are far larger than those to the east with much larger catchment areas?.<br /><br />I wonder where all that extra water required to erode the passages to <br />much larger dimensions than their catchment area would allow, came from?<br /><br />The location of these hydrological anomalies coincides with that of the deeply incised tunnel valleys I proposed in a previous post!Alex Geenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-23457038960002631482014-10-03T15:33:35.098+01:002014-10-03T15:33:35.098+01:00Not such a silly idea.
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The first photo especiall...Not such a silly idea.<br />M<br />The first photo especially.<br />Myris of Alexandrianoreply@blogger.com