The Holme Pierrepont sand and gravel and the timing of Middle and Late Devensian floodplain aggradation in the English Midlands

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 419-431

  Howard, Andy J ^a   Carney, John N ^b   Greenwood, Malcolm T ^c   Keen, David H ^a   Mighall, Tim ^d   O'Brien, Charlotte ^e   Tetlow, Emma ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f Headland Archaeology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggradation; Devensian; Holme Pierrepont; Lateglacial; Trent

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; DEVENSIAN; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODPLAIN; INSECT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE GLACIAL; MOLLUSC; PALYNOLOGY; PLANT; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SAND AND GRAVEL; TERRACE;

ENGLAND; MIDLANDS [ENGLAND]; TRENT RIVER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

HEXAPODA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 79958759609     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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