Pleistocene Environments in the British Isles

by R.L. Jones, D.H. Keen

Overview

Recent developments in Pleisene 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 Pleisene events in the British Isles.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780412441905
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	12/31/1992
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x 0.03(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

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 Pleisene of the British Isles.- 1.6 Conclusion.- 2 Prelude to the Pleisene.- 2.1 Miocene environments.- 2.2 Pliocene environments.- 2.3 The Pliocene—Pleisene boundary.- 2.4 Summary.- 3 The Lower Pleisene before the Pre-Pastonian.- 3.1 Problems of evaluation and correlation of Lower Pleisene deposits.- 3.2 The stages and their environments.- 3.3 Gravels and Lower Pleisene 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.- 8.8Pedogenesis.- 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.

Editorial Reviews

This is a very impressive synthesis of multidiciplinary research carried out on the British Isles and I am convinced it will inspire future research in Quaternary science. I have greatly enjoyed the book and I would warmly recommend it... - Boreas Book Reviews; The authors are to be congratulated on amassing such a wealth of material on the British Pleisene - Geography; It is a welcome sight...to see a comprehensive up-to-date account of British Pleisene stratigraphy. Indeed anyone responsible for teaching aspects of the British Pleisene will breathe a sigh of relief to see such a detailed account of the extensive changes to the established sequence...recognized in recent years, finally compiled into a single volume...this book will be invaluable to third-year and postgraduate students...as well as to the established Pleisene worker - Holocene Book Reviews; This is an important and necessary book...the achievement of a comprehensive survey and regional synthesis is very great - Journal of Archaeological Science; ...an ideal introduction to the student...I full recommend this volume as an excellent up-to-date account of a very dynamic area of research - New Phytol; The book collects together a wide range of stratigraphic information and interpretations from diverse sources which otherwise would not be readily available. This is a welcome addition to Quaternary Studies in Great Britain - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

From the Publisher

Summarizes the current understanding of environmental changes in the British Isles over the past two million years, focusing on the changes of the past few decades. Briefly describes the new techniques that, over the last 20 years, have been used to rectify discrepancies between terrestrial and deep-sea findings, but primarily traces the cycles of change, stage by stage. Well illustrated. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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