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THE PALAEOBOTANY OF INTERGLACIAL DEPOSITS AT SUGWORTH, BERKSHIRE
Author(s) -
GIBBARD P. L.,
PETTIT M.
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.tb02652.x
Subject(s) - interglacial , woodland , deciduous , pollen , floodplain , alder , geology , paleobotany , flora (microbiology) , ecology , eemian , glacial period , geography , paleontology , biology , biochemistry , plant development , gene , bacteria
SUMMARY Interglacial deposits in a river channel‐fill sequence at Sugworth, Oxfordshire contain a rich flora indicating a late Cromerian (Cr IIIb) age. Analyses of pollen and macroscopic plant remains indicate uniform vegetational conditions throughout the period of deposition, with mixed deciduous‐coniferous woodland in the valley, and alder fen carr bordering the river. On the immediate floodplain and point bar the various wet areas supported several herb communities. New interglacial records for several plant taxa are discussed, in particular Cyperus michelianus and C. fuscus.