Barron, H F, Gillespie, M R and Merritt, J W 2011. Geodiversity of the Cairngorms National Park. British Geological Survey Open Report, OR/10/019 A PDF of this report is available from the NORA, the NERC archive

Site no.: Q54

Site name: Carn Dubh, Ben Gulabin

Grid reference: [NO 11322 72142]

Locality: E slopes of Carn Dubh, Ben Gulabin, 2 km NNE of the Spittal of Glenshee

GCR Status: Confirmed

GCR No.: 3267

Type: Natural landforms

Description: A translational failure in steeply dipping metasedimentrary rocks, a type of rockslide that is fairly widespread in the Scottish Highlands. The distinctiveness of this site arises from the unusual form of debris runout, which takes the form of two thick debris tongues bounded by steep levees.

Justification: Mass-movement GCR sites in Precambrian and Cambrian rocks, GCR Site 3267 (Cooper, 2007)

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