Quaternary sea level landforms and sediments in southern England: description of Geological Conservation Review sites
Briant, Rebecca M and Haggart, B.A. and Schreve, D. and Whiteman, C.A. (2022) Quaternary sea level landforms and sediments in southern England: description of Geological Conservation Review sites. Proceedings of the Geologists Association , ISSN 0016-7878.
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Abstract
The Hampshire Basin of southern England contains a number of sites, reviewed here, that contain evidence for former sea levels over a period of c. 0.5 million years and can also be used to aid in understanding of uplift over time and human activity in the landscape. They include three sites where fossiliferous sediments overlie a palaeo shore platform in either Chalk (Boxgrove and Black Rock) or softer sediments (Bembridge), which are the most robust evidence of former sea levels. The other four sites are less useful as palaeo sea level indicators, but contain rich fossil sequences (e.g., Selsey East Beach, Boxgrove, Earnley, Stone Point) or abundant archaeological artefacts (Boxgrove, Priory Bay). Black Rock is most significant for the very rare cold-stage deposits overlying the raised beach and their associated fauna.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Becky Briant |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Jun 2022 13:43 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Aug 2023 00:10 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/48484 |
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