the close of the stadial| snow-beds appear to have become more extensive, more sediment entered the lake and more active summer circulation prevented the preservation of laminations.
. There are still problems when correlation is attempted from west to east coast sequences in Scotland, and correlation is sought with the published North Sea records. Such problems require fuller, more detailed study of continuous cores for ostracod data
streams were more common. Precipitation was high in the western Grampians and in much of the ground West of the Great Glen but relatively law in the NW Highlands and very low in the NW Cairngorms and Speyside. This pattern is related to many depressions
is characterised by three local pollen assemblage zones with high values for Salix, Rumex, Thalictrum and Artemisia, the latter becoming more important towards the later stages of the stadial due perhaps to a combination of increased dryness and the loss