The Middle and Upper Pleistocene sequence in the Lower Thames: A record of Milankovitch climatic fluctuation and early human occupation of southern Britain

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 281-305

  Bridgland, David R ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluvial; Palaeolithic; Pleistocene; Quaternary; Thames

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; RIVER TERRACE;

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

EID: 33747591468     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(06)80036-2     Document Type: Article

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