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Norber erratics

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wrote: "Particularly well known are the great perched blocks of dark grit which stand on the limestone platform at Norber near Settle."
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up to 30cm high. The boulders were probably deposited by melting ice sheets at the end of the
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from solution by rainfall, giving estimates of the rate of lowering of the surrounding
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features from the glaciation of northern England. In his chapter on the
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suggests that the boulders have been exposed for around 17,900 years.
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boulders in Britain. They are found on the southern slopes of
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British Regional Geology: The Pennines and Adjacent Areas
81:boulders at the site are perched on pedestals of 8: 157:Discovering Landscape in England and Wales 172:"Update on a classic British field site" 127:Geology and Scenery in England and Wales 114: 93:boulders have protected the underlying 50:grid reference of the boulder field is 101:of around 25mm per 1000 years. Recent 7: 140:Edwards, W.; Trotter, F. M. (1954). 14: 231:Glacial erratics of Great Britain 155:Goudie, A.; Gardner, R. (1992). 30:are one of the finest groups of 1: 22:Norber erratic, December 2014 247: 38:, close to the village of 59:The erratics are classic 129:. Pelican. p. 169. 23: 21: 203: /  159:. Chapman and Hall. 207:54.1234°N 2.3601°W 170:Drury, S. (2013). 99:limestone pavement 24: 103:cosmogenic dating 238: 218: 217: 215: 214: 213: 212:54.1234; -2.3601 208: 204: 201: 200: 199: 196: 183: 182: 180: 178: 167: 161: 160: 152: 146: 145: 137: 131: 130: 119: 61:geomorphological 55: 246: 245: 241: 240: 239: 237: 236: 235: 221: 220: 211: 209: 205: 202: 197: 194: 192: 190: 189: 187: 186: 176: 174: 169: 168: 164: 154: 153: 149: 139: 138: 134: 121: 120: 116: 111: 51: 48:Ordnance Survey 44:Yorkshire Dales 32:glacial erratic 28:Norber erratics 12: 11: 5: 244: 242: 234: 233: 223: 222: 185: 184: 162: 147: 132: 113: 112: 110: 107: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 243: 232: 229: 228: 226: 219: 216: 173: 166: 163: 158: 151: 148: 143: 136: 133: 128: 124: 123:Trueman, A.E. 118: 115: 108: 106: 104: 100: 96: 92: 88: 84: 80: 77: 72: 70: 69:A. E. Trueman 66: 62: 57: 54: 49: 45: 41: 37: 33: 29: 20: 16: 188: 175:. Retrieved 165: 156: 150: 141: 135: 126: 117: 87:last ice age 74:Many of the 73: 58: 36:Ingleborough 27: 25: 15: 210: / 195:54°07′24″N 177:15 October 109:References 198:2°21′36″W 95:limestone 83:limestone 79:greywacke 225:Category 125:(1949). 76:Silurian 65:Pennines 53:SD764698 40:Austwick 144:. HMSO. 91:erratic 42:in the 46:. The 179:2021 26:The 56:. 227:: 67:, 181:.

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glacial erratic
Ingleborough
Austwick
Yorkshire Dales
Ordnance Survey
SD764698
geomorphological
Pennines
A. E. Trueman
Silurian
greywacke
limestone
last ice age
erratic
limestone
limestone pavement
cosmogenic dating
Trueman, A.E.
"Update on a classic British field site"
54°07′24″N 2°21′36″W / 54.1234°N 2.3601°W / 54.1234; -2.3601
Category
Glacial erratics of Great Britain

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