Pleistocene Rhine-Thames landscapes: Geological background for hominin occupation of the southern North Sea region

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-39

  Hijma, Marc P ^a,b   Cohen, Kim M ^c,d,e   Roebroeks, Wil ^a   Westerhoff, Wim E ^e   Busschers, Freek S ^e  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^e TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Dover Strait; Geology; North Sea; Sea level; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HOMINID; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; OCCUPATION; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOLITHIC; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; TAPHONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BELGIUM; DOVER STRAIT; ENGLAND; ENGLISH CHANNEL; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA; THAMES VALLEY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84855799547     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1549     Document Type: Article

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