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Holocene, Weichselian Late-glacial and earlier Pleistocene deposits of the upper Cam valley at the Hinxton Genome Campus, Cambridgeshire, UK

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2014

S. Boreham  and
C.J. Rolfe
S. Boreham*
Affiliation:
Quaternary Palaeoenvironments Group, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Downing Place, Cambridge CB2 3EN
C.J. Rolfe
Affiliation:
Quaternary Palaeoenvironments Group, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Downing Place, Cambridge CB2 3EN
*
*Email: sb139@cam.ac.uk.
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A section through Pleistocene deposits and temporary exposures of valley-side and valley-fill Late-glacial and Holocene sediments in the upper Cam valley at Hinxton Genome Campus, Cambridgeshire, UK are described. Stratigraphy, radiocarbon dating and pollen analysis are used to create a model of sediment transport, landscape change and vegetation history at the site. This study offers a new understanding of the stratigraphy and context of the Holocene, Weichselian Late-glacial and earlier Pleistocene deposits of the upper Cam valley, and provides an insight into valley-side sediment transport processes and the three-dimensional sediment architecture of the valley-fill sediments.

Keywords

HoloceneWeichselian Late-glacialPleistoceneCam valley
Type
Research Article
Information
Netherlands Journal of Geosciences , Volume 88 , Issue 2 , September 2009 , pp. 117 - 125
Copyright
Copyright © Stichting Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2009

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