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Glacial Geology of Orkney and Shetland

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A RECENT visit to Orkney has brought forcibly before me certain points of the highest interest in modern glacial geology, upon which, I believe, the state of the surface deposits in these islands is calculated to throw considerable light.

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LAING, S. Glacial Geology of Orkney and Shetland. Nature 16, 418–419 (1877). https://doi.org/10.1038/016418c0

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