Quaternary of the Trent / edited by David Bridgland, Andy Howard, Mark White and Tom White.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bridgland, D. R., editor.

Howard, Andrew J., editor.

White, Mark, 1966- editor.

White, T. S., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geology, Stratigraphic--Quaternary.

Geology, Stratigraphic.

Geology, Stratigraphic--Pleistocene.

Paleontology--Quaternary.

Paleontology.

Paleontology--Pleistocene.

Geology--England--Trent Valley (Staffordshire-North Lincolnshire).

Geology.

Geology--England--Midlands.

Paleontology--England--Trent Valley (Staffordshire-North Lincolnshire).

Paleontology--England--Midlands.

England--Midlands.

England--Trent Valley (Staffordshire-North Lincolnshire).

Physical Description:

418 pages, 14 numbered pages of plates ; 31 cm 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2014.

System Details:

System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: PC Windows 98 or later, or MAC OS 9.5 or later; Adobe Acrobat 5 or later.

text file

Summary:

"This volume is an integrated overview and synthesis of available data relating to the Quaternary evolution of the River Trent. It provides detailed descriptions of the Pleistocene sedimentary records from the Trent, its tributaries and related drainage systems--a sedimentary record that spans a period of approximately half a million years--and the biostratigraphical and archaeological material preserved therein. The fragmentary Trent terrace sequence is an important element of wider reconstructions of Pleistocene palaeodrainage in Britain, providing a link between the records preserved in the English Midlands and those in East Anglia"--Provided by publisher.

Résumé -- Zusammenfassung -- Introduction: Compiling the Pleistocene record from the Trent -- Geology : sedimentological and geomorphological data from the TVPP -- Palaeontology : data from fossils for palaeo-environments and biostratigraphy -- Gravel extraction : history of the aggregates industry in the Trent Valley -- Archaeology : the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic record from the Trent catchment -- Synthesis : the Pleistocene evolution and human occupation of the Trent -- Appendix I: Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating -- Appendix II: Full clast analysis data; AJH data -- Appendix III: Amino-acid racemisation (AAR) dating -- Appendix IV: Vertebrate faunal collections reviewed for the TVPP -- Appendix V: Artefact collections reviewed for the TVPP -- Appendix VI: Taphonomy experiments -- Appendix VII: Supplementary data used for mathematical modelling of uplift and valley incision.

Appendices I-VI are on accompanying CD-ROM. Cf. p. ix.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Quaternary of the Trent

ISBN:

9781842174616

1842174614

OCLC:

730414493