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
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Site no.: Q19
Site name: Glen Luibeg
Grid reference:
Locality: Glen Luibeg upstream of Luibeg Bridge, 3 km WNW of Derry Lodge, Cairngorms
GCR Status: N/A
GCR No.: N/A
Type: Landform assemblage and natural sections
Description: An excellent suite of meltwater channels incised into bedrock occurs on the southern slopes of Glen Luibeg. The channels are associated with moraine ridges and flat-topped deltaic deposits. Natural sections reveal glacitectonically-deformed, laminated sediments.
Justification: This suite of features has been studied and interpreted in the literature. They probably mark a stillstand position of the Luibeg outlet glacier following its separation from the Derry outlet glacier during ice-sheet deglaciation. The laminated sediments formed in an ice-marginal lake ponded by ice remaining to the south.