UID:
almahu_9948601036102882
Format:
368 p. 72 illus.
,
online resource.
Edition:
1st ed. 1993.
ISBN:
9789401115209
Content:
Recent developments in Pleistocene research have prompted the authors to produce this up-to-date, concise account of environmental changes during the past two million years. Well-illustrated and referenced, it possesses a unique position in the literature on Pleistocene events in the British Isles.
Note:
1 Background -- 1.1 Basic concepts -- 1.2 The nature of the evidence -- 1.3 Types of evidence -- 1.4 Dating -- 1.5 The nature of the evidence and the means of division of the Pleistocene of the British Isles -- 1.6 Conclusion -- 2 Prelude to the Pleistocene -- 2.1 Miocene environments -- 2.2 Pliocene environments -- 2.3 The Pliocene-Pleistocene boundary -- 2.4 Summary -- 3 The Lower Pleistocene before the Pre-Pastonian -- 3.1 Problems of evaluation and correlation of Lower Pleistocene deposits -- 3.2 The stages and their environments -- 3.3 Gravels and Lower Pleistocene environments -- 3.4 The offshore sequence -- 3.5 Correlation and conclusion -- 4 The Cromer Forest-bed Formation and associated deposits -- 4.1 The stages and their environments -- 4.2 Summary and conclusions -- 5 The Anglian Cold Stage -- 5.1 East Anglia -- 5.2 The Vale of St. Albans and the Thames Valley -- 5.3 The Midlands of England -- 5.4 Wales, and England south of the Lower Severn and Thames valleys -- 5.5 Northern England and Scotland -- 5.6 Ireland -- 5.7 The offshore sequence -- 5.8 Correlation, age and archaeology -- 6 The Hoxnian Temperate Stage -- 6.1 Flora and vegetation -- 6.2 Non-marine Mollusca -- 6.3 Marine Mollusca -- 6.4 Vertebrates -- 6.5 Other fossils -- 6.6 The presence of man -- 6.7 Pedogenesis -- 6.8 The offshore sequence and sea-levels -- 6.9 Correlation, age and duration -- 6.10 Conclusion -- 7 Post-Hoxnian and pre-Ipswichian events -- 7.1 The Wolstonian Cold Stage -- 7.2 Additional temperate episodes and intervening cold intervals -- 7.3 Towards a revised succession -- 7.4 Correlation with mainland Europe -- 7.5 Conclusion -- 8 The Ipswichian Temperate Stage -- 8.1 Flora and vegetation -- 8.2 Non-marine Mollusca -- 8.3 Marine Mollusca -- 8.4 Vertebrates -- 8.5 Insects -- 8.6 Other fossils -- 8.7 The presence of man -- 8.8 Pedogenesis -- 8.9 Rivers and sea-levels -- 8.10 The offshore sequence -- 8.11 Correlation, age and duration -- 8.12 Conclusion -- 9 The Devensian Cold Stage -- 9.1 The Early Devensian -- 9.2 The Middle Devensian -- 9.3 The Late Devensian -- 9.4 Conclusion -- 10 The Flandrian Temperate Stage -- 10.1 The presence of man -- 10.2 Flora and vegetation -- 10.3 Non-marine Mollusca -- 10.4 Marine Mollusca -- 10.5 Vertebrates -- 10.6 Insects -- 10.7 Other fossils -- 10.8 Non-biological data -- 10.9 Soil and peat formation and erosion -- 10.10 Rivers -- 10.11 Sea-levels and crustal movements -- 10.12 The offshore sequence -- 10.13 Climate -- 11 Epilogue -- References.
In:
Springer Nature eBook
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9780412441905
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9789401115216
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-011-1520-9
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1520-9
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