Post on 16-Jan-2015
description
Friars Crag and Broom Hill Point – Derwent Water
Glacial Deposition and
Fluvioglacial Streamlined forms
[Drumlin, Crag + tail, eskers + kames]
[St Bees Kettle Hole – Egremont Rd]
Location
Crow Park Opposite Theatre, Keswick
Blaencathra truncated spurs
Stoss end of crag + tail looking south
Resilient dolerite of plug – Friars Crag
Truncated south end of larger drumlin east of the crag
GlacialMaterial
Exposure viewed from lakeside looking north – removed by fluvial erosion
Sectioned end of smaller drumlin
General fluvial drainage [swarms]
Spurs, drumlin + Catlehead
Brockle Beck Delta – misfit unable to carry glacially eroded material
View upstream + sub-angular load
Stable Hills
Steeper Stoss end - south
Shallower Lee End
Broom hill point
Broom Hill point fragic exposure
Five oaks Kame – sand + gravel
At top
Evidence of gravel through mole waste
Esker running away to the SE
Kettle hole viewed from the road
Esker mounds
running away from the road
Improved and unimproved Drumlin
Slippage on bank side and poor drainage
Parting shot – drumlin + geese
Research –
Lakeland Rocks and Landscape A field guide
Cumberland Geological SocietyChapter 13 John Bordman
Classic Landforms of the Lake District [GA] John Boardman
Exploring Lakeland Rocks and Landscape - Cumberland
Geological Society [recently published and the main inspiration]
and thanks to Fred Lawton for his enthusiasm