Preliminary investigations of outwash environments in the Tyne Valley: Implications for Late Devensian (Dimlington Stadial) deglaciation

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 201-211

  Yorke, Lynda ^a   Fuller, Ian C ^b   Howard, Andy J ^c   Passmore, David G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Devensian; Outwash; Tyne Valley

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEVENSIAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; OUTWASH; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; TYNE VALLEY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34249305841     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(07)80036-8     Document Type: Article

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