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DURING the second half of the nineteenth century many good sections were exposed in the “Clyde beds” and large collections of marine shells were made from the Late-Glacial clays. Of particular prominence were clay pits near Paisley1–2 and the excavations for the James Watt Dock at Garvel Park, Greenock3,4. These deposits and faunas have considerable importance in relation to the dual effects of isostatic recovery and the eustatic rise in sea level after the last glaciation. A time scale for the phase of marine deposition and subsequent emergence of the surface of the “Clyde beds” would thus be significant.
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BISHOP, W., DICKSON, J. Radiocarbon Dates related to the Scottish Late-Glacial Sea in the Firth of Clyde. Nature 227, 480–482 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/227480a0
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