The age and stratigraphic context of the Easington Raised Beach, County Durham, UK

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 183-198

  Davies, Bethan J ^a   Bridgland, David R ^a   Roberts, David H ^a   Cofaigh, Colm Ó ^a   Pawley, Stephen M ^b   Candy, Ian ^b   Demarchi, Beatrice ^c   Penkman, Kirsty E H ^c   Austin, William E N ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

County Durham; Gravel; MIS 7; Quaternary; Raised beach

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; BEDROCK; CEMENTATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INTERGLACIAL; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PLEISTOCENE; PORPHYRY; RAISED BEACH; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; UPLIFT; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

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

MICAS;

EID: 71749088744     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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