Abstract
The Western Highland Boundary area is taken to extend from the Teith valley, by Callander, west to the Firth of Clyde (Figure 13.1). This area has been of fundamental importance in defining the sequence of events during the closing stages of the Devensian cold phase. Lying adjacent to one of the principal centres of ice dispersal in the south-west Highlands it has been readily invaded by ice, but being outside the Highland zone, the extent of ice erosion has not been as great as in the mountains. Thus for the period since the end of the last ice-sheet glaciation there is an almost complete record of glacial events, sea-level change and environmental change, and these subjects have formed the main themes of research.
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Sutherland, D.G., Gordon, J.E., Smith, D.E., Lowe, J.J. (1993). Western Highland Boundary. In: Gordon, J.E., Sutherland, D.G. (eds) Quaternary of Scotland. The Geological Conservation Review Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1500-1_13
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