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AN INTERGLACIAL DEPOSIT AT SCANDAL BECK, N.W. ENGLAND
Author(s) -
CARTER P. A.,
JOHNSON G. A. L.,
TURNER J.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1978.tb01653.x
Subject(s) - interglacial , geology , pollen , peat , assemblage (archaeology) , paleontology , physical geography , archaeology , quaternary , geography , ecology , biology
SUMMARY A lacustrine deposit with included peat was discovered beneath till at Scandal Beck, Cumbria. A pollen diagram from the organic layers has three pollen assemblage zones which cover the last part of an interglacial. It is argued that the deposit most probably dates from the Ipswichian.