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Pleistocene History of the Lower Thames Valley

By Philip L. Gibbard

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1994
ISBN
0521402093, 9780521402095
LCC
QE697 .G386 1994
Open Library ID
OL1421360M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (15663021 bytes)
Pages
237\237
Topic
Geology
Time added
2011-04-11 19:55:47
Горно-геологическая отрасль;Геология;Геоморфология

Description

The Lower Thames Valley is a classic area for British Pleistocene studies. The valley contains a sequence of River Thames deposits representing approximately the past 300,000 years, including older, highly fragmented and eroded sediments derived from Thames tributaries and glaciation. The region includes some of the most important Palaeolithic archaeological sites in the country which, although extensively studied, have never previously been fitted into a regional context. The area also includes some of the most important fossiliferous localities in the country, several of which have been at the center of controversies regarding the sequence of events in the British Pleistocene. This regional investigation clarifies the problems by presenting the geological sequence in detail and establishing the relationship of these localities for the first time.

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