Ploughing block movement on the Drumochter Hills in the Grampian Highlands, Scotland
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26485/BP/1986/30/5Keywords:
slope processes, mass movement, block displacement measurementsAbstract
Ploughing blocks on the hillslopes in the Drumochter area in the Grampians are active under the present climatic conditions. A study on seven blocks during 1978-1980 showed that their annual movements, ranging from 0.1 to 0.8 mm, are controlled largely by the combined effect of altitude, slope gradient and summer satutation.
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