Ephemeral, subfossil mammalian, avian and hominid footprints within flandrian sediment exposures at formby point, sefton coast, North West England

Ichnos:an International Journal of Plant and Animal

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 33-48

  Roberts, Gordon ^a  

^a Sefton Coast Partnership   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flandrian sediments; Footprints; Formby Point; Iron Age; Mesolithic; Neolithic; Palaeoenvironment; Sefton Coast

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BIRD; COASTAL EROSION; EPHEMERAL LAKE; FLANDRIAN; FOOTPRINT; HOMINID; ICHNOLOGY; IRON AGE; MAMMAL; MESOLITHIC; NEOLITHIC; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRESERVATION; SUBFOSSIL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SEFTON; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BOS; HOMINIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 58449103270     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: 15635236     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940802470730     Document Type: Article

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