Quaternary of the TrentDavid R. Bridgland, Andy Howard, Mark J. White, Tom S. White This volume is an integrated overview and synthesis of available data relating to the Quaternary evolution of the River Trent. It provides detailed descriptions of the Pleistocene sedimentary records from the Trent, its tributaries and related drainage systems - a sedimentary record that spans a period of approximately half a million years - and the biostratigraphical and archaeological material preserved therein. Significant new data are presented from recently discovered sites of geological and archaeological importance, including previously unrecognised fluvial deposits, as well as novel analyses, such as mathematical modelling of fluvial incision as recorded by the river terrace deposits. In combination with a thorough review of the literature on the Trent, these new data have contributed to revised chronostratigraphical and palaeogeographical frameworks for central England and revealed the complexity of the Pleistocene fluvial and glacial records in this region. The fragmentary Trent terrace sequence is an important element of wider reconstructions of Pleistocene palaeodrainage in Britain, providing a link between the records preserved in the English Midlands and those in East Anglia. |
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Quaternary of the Trent David R. Bridgland,Andy J. Howard,Mark J. White,Tom S. White Limited preview - 2014 |
Quaternary of the Trent David R. Bridgland,Andy J. Howard,Mark J. White,Tom S. White Limited preview - 2014 |
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Ancaster Gap Anglian glaciation artefacts assemblage Balderton Balderton Sand Beeston borehole Brandon & Sumbler Bridgland Britain Bytham Bytham River Carboniferous Carboniferous chert Cave channel Chapter chert clasts clay climatic confluence correlation Derby Derwent drainage Eagle Moor East Leake evidence Farm flint floodplain fluvial Fulbeck Geological gravel handaxes Holme Pierrepont hominins incision indicated interglacial interpretation Ipswichian Jurassic karstic levels Kirmington limestone Lincoln Gap Lincolnshire locality Lower Trent Maddy mapped material Middle Pleistocene Middle Trent Midlands Norton Bottoms Nottingham outcrop outwash Palaeolithic pebbles Pisidium pollen Posnansky post-Anglian pre-Anglian Preece quarry quartzite Quaternary Rauceby record represent sample Sand and Gravel Scarle Schreve sediments Shotton silt Soar Southrey species suggested Table Tattershall Castle Tattershall Thorpe taxa terrace deposits Trent catchment Trent system Trent terrace Trent Trench Trent valley tributary TVPP uplift upstream Westaway Whitemoor Haye Wilford Hill Willington Witham Wragby Wymer