The raised beach of wave-cut platforms has been created by changes in sea level of the Bristol Channel since the strata have been tilted and compressed during the variscan orogeny.
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It is predominantly of a brown forest soil type with some gleying, the lower parts being formed from raised beach sands and gravels derived from Old Red Sandstone and lavas.
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The first indications of humans in Scotland occur only after the isostatic rise of land makes estimating post-glacial coastlines a complex task and there are numerous raised beaches around Scotland's coastline
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The sediments, which were misidentified as a " raise beach ", are now attributed to megatsunamis generated by massive landslides created by the periodic collapse of the sides of the islands.
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Looking down onto a raised shore platform, and the raised beaches, further along the coast, one can get an appreciation of the glacial-isostatic uplift that has occurred in this part of Scotland.
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The raised beaches indicate that the land continues to rebound from the sea as a result of reducing pressure from the melted massive ice sheet that covered the land during the glacial period.
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The Scottish Gaelic word " machair " or " machar " refers to a fertile low-lying raised beach found on some of the coastlines of Ireland and Scotland ( especially the Outer Hebrides.
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After the last retreat of the ice sea level changes and the post glacial coastlines a complex task but the resultant clifflines behind raised beaches are a prominent feature of the entire coastline.
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The islands contain raised beaches including one 8-9m above current heights from about 130, 000 years ago and evidence of a forest ( in Vazon Bay, Guernsey ) below the current sea levels.
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As Falkirk is not far from the coast, post-glacial features akin to raised beaches are particularly predominant to the north of the town centre, and this gives rise to differing elevations within the town.
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