Later Pleistocene evolution of the Exe valley: A chronstratigraphic model of terrace formation and its implications for Palaeolithic archaeology

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 897-912

  Brown, A G ^a   Basell, L S ^b   Toms, P S ^c   Bennett, J A ^d   Hosfield, R T ^e   Scrivener, R C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^f BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASCADE PROCESS; CLIMATIC CYCLES; COLD PHASIS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CUT AND FILL; DRAINAGE PATTERNS; ENGLAND; ICE SHEET; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; MILANKOVITCH; PLEISTOCENE; RESPONSE MODEL; RIVER TERRACES; TERRACE FORMATIONS; VALLEY TOPOGRAPHY;

CATCHMENTS; ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; RUNOFF; SOIL CONSERVATION; STAIRS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

LANDFORMS;

ARCHAEOLOGY; BASIN EVOLUTION; CAVE; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLAST; CLIMATE CYCLE; DOWNCUTTING; DRAINAGE; ICE SHEET; PLEISTOCENE; REWORKING; RIVER TERRACE; TERTIARY; VALLEY;

ENGLAND; EXE BASIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77649338412     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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