Quaternary Provinces and Domains – a quantitative and qualitative description of British landscape types》.pdfVIP

Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 126 (2015) 163–187 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association jo ur n al ho m ep ag e: www .els evier .c om/lo cat e/p g eo la Quaternary Provinces and Domains – a quantitative and qualitative description of British landscape types a,* b a,c Steve Booth , Jon Merritt , James Rose a British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, UK b British Geological Survey, Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 8LA, Scotland, UK c Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history: This paper presents an outcome of a British Geological Survey digital mapping programme of the geology Received 25 March 2014 of the British Isles. This programme had created a methodology that provides a quantitative description Received in revised form 17 November 2014 of the geology of an area, which can be interrogated according to the particular objective(s) of a study. Accepted 17 November 2014 Here we seek to describe the landscape and geology in terms of the critical processes responsible for their Available online 15 January 2015 formation, in order to provide information suitable for science and a range of end-users. The approach adopted is at a regional scale, but can be used as a model for other objectives or a steer for future, finer- Keyword