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II.—The Plant Remains in the Scottish Peat Mosses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2012

Francis J. Lewis
Francis J. Lewis
Affiliation:
Lecturer in Geographical Botany, University of Liverpool.
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During 1904 and 1905 the author investigated the plant remains of the peat deposits in certain areas of the Southern Uplands and the Highlands. The present paper deals with similar work over large peat-covered areas in the E. and N. W. Highlands, Shetland Islands, and the Outer Hebrides.

Perhaps the most interesting feature found in the course of the work is the evidence of constant change in the character of the vegetation which has successively covered the peat areas of Scotland. Many areas in different parts of the country have been examined in order to ascertain if this succession can be accounted for by local changes in physical conditions, or whether it represents stages in a long cycle of secular changes in climate, and consequent plant migrations.

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Research Article
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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 46 , Issue 1 , 1908 , pp. 33 - 70
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1908

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