Biostratigraphic and aminostratigraphic constraints on the age of the Middle Pleistocene glacial succession in north Norfolk, UK

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 557-580

  Preece, Richard C ^a   Parfitt, Simon A ^b,c   Russell Coope, G ^d   Penkman, Kirsty E H ^e   Ponel, Philippe ^f   Whittaker, John E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Tigh na Cleirich   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^f IMEP   (France)

Author keywords

'New glacial stratigraphy'; Aminostratigraphy; Anglian; Cromer forest bed formation; Cromerian; Happisburgh till; Mimomys Arvicola transition; MIS 16; Norfolk; Sidestrand cliff formation; Sidestrand hall member; Sidestrand Unio bed; Trimingham lake beds

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANGLIAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CROMERIAN; EMPLACEMENT; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIATION; OSTRACOD; OUTWASH; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLEISTOCENE; RACEMIZATION; TILL;

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

ARVICOLA; MICROTUS RICHARDSONI; MIMOMYS; MURIDAE; OSTRACODA; UNIO;

EID: 67649568054     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1245     Document Type: Article

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