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The Pleistocene succession around Brandon. Warwickshire
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In this paper, six separate episodes of cryoturbation are placed in the time sequence and the vicissitudes of climate, erosion and aggradation are integrated with a time scale.Abstract:Â
New evidence in the area around Brandon, Warwickshire, has amplified our knowledge of the sequence of events in the Saalian, Eemian and Weichselian. Organically rich deposits have been found at the base of Avon No. 2 terrace (mid-Weichselian) and in the Baginton-Lillington Gravels (early Saalian.) and their biota, described elsewhere, throws additional light on the climate of parts of Middle and Late Pleistocene time. Six separate episodes of cryoturbation are placed in the time sequence. Certain gravels which occur, in one locality only, at the base of No. 4 terrace are believed to be Eemian, separated by a major time break from the normal gravels of No. 4 which are ascribed to the early Weichselian. The vicissitudes of climate, erosion and aggradation are integrated with a time scale.read more
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Birmingham University radiocarbon dates VI.
F. W. Shotton,R. E. G. Williams +1 more
TL;DR: A radiocarbon laboratory has been set up to assist with the Pleistocene research undertaken in the Geology Department at Birmingham and has been designed for the measurement of ages of geological material up to at least 50,000 yr old as discussed by the authors.
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Pleistocene glacial limits in England, Scotland and Wales
TL;DR: The evidence for glaciation of England, Scotland, and Wales is primarily lithological with glacial episodes being identified by till and glacio-fluvial sediments and glacial limits being determined by the extent of these deposits as discussed by the authors.
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An Insect Fauna from Mid-Weichselian Deposits at Brandon, Warwickshire
TL;DR: An interpretation of the climatic regime based on the northern requirements of the species in this fauna, suggests that conditions were more severe than for any other entomologically investigated site.
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A revised model for the Pleistocene development of the River Avon, Warwickshire
TL;DR: A re-examination of the Pleistocene river deposits in the valley of the Midland Avon indicates that the conventional post-Hoxnian model for their development has to be revised as discussed by the authors.
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Late Pleistocene Deposits at Wretton, Norfolk II. Devensian Deposits
TL;DR: The Wretton terrace as mentioned in this paper is a low terrace of mainly fluviatile sands and gravels of Devensian age, which contains many organic horizons rich in plant remains, molluscs and bones, and shows well-developed periglacial structures, including involutions and ice-wedge casts.
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A Late Pleistocene fauna and flora from Upton Warren, Worcestershire
TL;DR: A large fauna and a large flora are described from terrace deposits of the River Salwarpe at Upton Warren, Worcestershire, which are ascribed to the beginning of the Gottweig Interstadial, immediately following the maximum of the Midland Irish Sea Glaciation.
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The Pleistocene Deposits of the Area between Coventry, Rugby and Leamington and their Bearing upon the Topographic Development of the Midlands
TL;DR: The sequence of drift deposits in an area between Leamington and Warwick has been established by mapping following an extensive program of auger drilling as mentioned in this paper, and a broad differentiation into Older Drift now capping the higher land and Newer Drift forming terraces along the upper Avon and Leam.
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The Pleistocene Development of the Severn from Bridgnorth to the Sea
TL;DR: Boulton et al. as mentioned in this paper studied the valley of the Severn, from the entrance of the Iron Bridge gorge downwards, in the hope that a detailed examination of the river terraces and topographic features would throw light on the history of the development of the valley.
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An Insect Fauna from Mid-Weichselian Deposits at Brandon, Warwickshire
TL;DR: An interpretation of the climatic regime based on the northern requirements of the species in this fauna, suggests that conditions were more severe than for any other entomologically investigated site.
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The Middle Pleistocene of North Birmingham
TL;DR: The older drift of north Birmingham infills a system of pre-glacial valleys as discussed by the authors and its stratigraphy has been worked out, chiefly from borehole records, showing it to comprise the deposits of two separate glaciations-the Lower and Upper Glacial Series, and an intervening Interglacial Series.