This domain comprises two discrete areas. Within the limits of the Devensian glaciation, in north-east Scotland, the predominant processes that have shaped this landscape are prolonged subaerial denudation during the Palaeogene and Neogene, and severe periglacial processes during the Pleistocene.

Beyond the limits of the Devensian glaciation, in the southern Welsh Borderland and Vale of the Severn, where there are no glaciogenic landforms and glaciogenic cover is generally patchy, consisting of weathered glacial deposits on valley sides and glaciofluvial deposits in the valley bottoms.

The domain has limited cover of superficial deposits (~26%). Organic deposits form about 0.4% of the area (~1% of the area of superficial deposits).

Localized development of peat may occur within the alluvial floodplains and in coastal areas associated with submerged forests.

Mire classification (and guide to dominance within the domain)

Subjective guide to dominance within this domain	Topogenous mires	Soligenous mires	Ombrogenous mires
Dominant
Locally present	Floodplain mire	Valley mire Spring mire
Rare	Open water transition mire Basin mire Schwingmoor		Raised mire Blanket mire

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Contact

For further information please contact Marieta Garcia-Bajo

• What was the climate like in our geological past (Palaeoclimate)?
• Sea level change
• Coastal change
• Coastal erosion and coastal landslide studies
• Coastal pollution case studies
• Carbon
• Climate change and geohazards
• Groundwater and climate change
• Carbon capture and storage (CCS)