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Stone Runs of the Falkland Islands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

J. R. F. Joyce
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Abstract

The suggestions made by previous writers are summarized, and Andersson's Solifluction Theory is discussed in detail. Reasons are given why the author believes that solifluction alone could not provide the explanation. Stone runs are shown to be largely an accident of past climate and the structure and lithology of the Upper Quartzite Series rocks. A note on the economic aspect of stone runs is added.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 87 , Issue 2 , April 1950 , pp. 105 - 115
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1950

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