Possible relict periglacial landforms found in Great Britain

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Thermal contraction - ice wedge polygons
Banks of River Till, near Etal Northumberland
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Freeze-thaw weathering - patterned ground
Tinto Hills in the Southern Uplands, Scotland (still active) AND On the Glyders, North Wales
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Frost-Heave - pingo
Vale of Llanberis, North Wales AND North York Moors
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Freeze-thaw weathering - blockfields
Cairngorms, Scotland AND Summit of Glyders, North Wales
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Freeze-thaw weathering - scree
Slopes of Wastwater in the lake District AND Slope of the Glyders, North Wales
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Solifluction terraces and lobes
College Valley, Northumbraland
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Solifluction deposits known as head or coombe rock
Scratchy Bottom near Durdle Door, Dorset
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Asymmetric valleys
Examples in Surrey and the River axe, Devon
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Dry valleys that may have formed by the meltwater flowing over permafrost in periglacial periods
Devils Dyke near Brighton AND White Horse Vale, Berkshire
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Nivation hollows
Base of the Berkshire Downs
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Loess deposits (brickearth)
Parts of East Anglia
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Card 2

Front

Freeze-thaw weathering - patterned ground

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Tinto Hills in the Southern Uplands, Scotland (still active) AND On the Glyders, North Wales

Card 3

Front

Frost-Heave - pingo

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

Freeze-thaw weathering - blockfields

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Freeze-thaw weathering - scree

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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