Middle Pleistocene biota of the early Anglian 'Arctic Fresh-water Bed' at Ostend, Norfolk, UK

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-65

  Parfitt, Simon A ^a,b   Coope, G Russell ^c   Field, Michael H ^d   Peglar, Sylvia M ^e   Preece, Richard C ^f   Whittaker, John E ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e University of Cambridge ^*  (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Arctic Fresh water Bed'; Anglian; Bacton Member; Cromer Forest bed Formation; Early Middle Pleistocene; Ostend

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; NEW RECORD; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLEISTOCENE;

BELGIUM; ENGLAND; KANIN PENINSULA; KOLA PENINSULA; MURMANSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; NENETS; NORFOLK [ENGLAND]; OSTEND; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST FLANDERS;

COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; DICROSTONYX; DICROSTONYX TORQUATUS; GASTROPODA; GYRAULUS; HELOPHORUS; OSTRACODA; PTEROSTICHUS BREVICORNIS; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS SP.;

EID: 77952283016     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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