Terrace reconstruction and long profile projection: A case study from the Solent river system near Southampton, England

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 438-449

  Briant, Rebecca M ^a   Bates, Martin R ^b   Marshall, Gilbert D ^c,e   Schwenninger, Jean Luc ^d   Wenban Smith, Francis F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluvial records; Long profiles; Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating; Terrace deposit

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; COMPLEXITY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LUMINESCENCE DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; RIVER TERRACE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TERRACE;

ENGLAND; SOUTHAMPTON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84862208136     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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