The glacial stratigraphy of lowland southern and eastern Britain: Temperate-stage deposits at Morston and Kirmington

Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 245-251

  Gale, S J ^a   Hoare, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLIAN; DEVENSIAN; DRIFT (GLACIAL DEPOSIT); GLACIAL DEPOSIT; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; POLLEN; SILT; STRATIGRAPHY; TILL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; KIRMINGTON; MORSTON; NORFOLK [ENGLAND]; NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36849012137     PISSN: 00440604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/pygs.56.4.245     Document Type: Article

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