Pleistocene fluvial sediments, palaeontology and archaeology of the upper River Thames at Latton, Wiltshire, England

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 181-205

  Lewis, S G ^a   Maddy, D ^b   Buckingham, C ^c   Coope, G R ^d   Field, M H ^e   Keen, D H ^f   Pike, A W G ^g   Roe, D A ^c   Scaife, R G ^h   Scott, K ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e University of Birmingham ^*  (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; England; Fluvial sediments; Handaxe; Late Pleistocene; Mammoth; Palaeoenvironment; River terraces; River Thames

Indexed keywords

PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; RIVER TERRACE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; THAMES RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WILTSHIRE;

COLEOPTERA; MAMMUTHUS; MOLLUSCA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 32944469780     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.958     Document Type: Article

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