..well, partly at least! This paper by Peter Wilson nicely documents five rock slope failures in the Lake District and, based on quite detailed fieldwork (don't get bogged down in the details), suggests that they are of paraglacial origin. My lecture on 'Climate, climate change and geomorphology' introduced the concept of paraglaciation, and this paper should help to bring it to life. When you look at the paper, think about the sources of evidence Wilson uses and what other evidence would be really useful to test whether or not the rock slope failures actually WERE a result of paraglaciation. You can access a pdf of the paper at:
http://www.science.ulster.ac.uk/ae/docs/Peters%20papers/Wasdale.pdf
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