Patterns of preglacial sedimentation and glaciotectonic deformation within early Middle Pleistocene sediments at Sidestrand, north Norfolk, UK

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-48

  Lee, Jonathan R ^a,b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

East Anglia; Glaciotectonic; Pleistocene; Preglacial

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; GLACIOTECTONICS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORFOLK [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

UNIO;

EID: 67649472546     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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