At the far end of everything: A likely Ahrensburgian presence in the far north of the Isle of Skye, Scotland
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DOI: 10.1002/jqs.3718
Abstract: A Late Upper Paleolithic (LUP) site containing Ahrensburgian‐type stone tools has been discovered at South Cuidrach, Isle of Skye, Scotland. Together with a group of intertidal stone circular alignments also recently discovered on the island,… read more here.
Keywords: site; skye; skye scotland; isle skye ... See more keywords
Discovery of a meteoritic ejecta layer containing unmelted impactor fragments at the base of Paleocene lavas, Isle of Skye, Scotland
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DOI: 10.1130/g39452.1
Abstract: Evidence for meteorite impacts in the geological record may include the presence of shocked minerals, spherule layers, and geochemical anomalies. However, it is highly unusual to find unmelted crystals from the actual impactor within an… read more here.
Keywords: layer; impactor; ejecta layer; meteoritic ejecta ... See more keywords