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The red glacial drift deposits of North-East Scotland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

R. Glentworth ,
W. A. Mitchell  and
B. D. Mitchell
R. Glentworth
Affiliation:
The Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen
W. A. Mitchell
Affiliation:
The Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen
B. D. Mitchell
Affiliation:
The Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen
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Abstract

Extensive deposits of red glacial drift and lacustrine clay occur along the east coast of Aberdeenshire and constitute the parent materials of important agricultural soils. The mineralogy of lacustrine clay at Tipperty, Aberdeenshire, has been determined by X-ray, differential thermal, and optical methods. General relationships between the mineralogy of this soil parent material and that of other red drifts in the vicinity are discussed with reference to the glaciology of the region. It is suggested that these red drifts were transported from the bed of the North Sea and not from Strathmore.

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Research Article
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Clay Minerals Bulletin , Volume 5 , Issue 31 , July 1964 , pp. 373 - 381
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1964

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