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The fauna and flora of the March Gravels at Northam Pit, Eye, Cambridgeshire, England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

D. H. Keen ,
J. E. Robinson ,
R. G. West ,
F. Lowry ,
D. R. Bridgland  and
N. D. W. Davey
D. H. Keen
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, Coventry Polytechnic, Priory Street, Coventry, CV1 5FB, U.K.
J. E. Robinson
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, University College, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, U.K.
R. G. West
Affiliation:
Botany School, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EA, U.K.
F. Lowry
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, University College, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, U.K.
D. R. Bridgland
Affiliation:
Nature Conservancy Council, Northminster House, Peterborough PE1 1UA, U.K.
N. D. W. Davey
Affiliation:
Nature Conservancy Council, Northminster House, Peterborough PE1 1UA, U.K.
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Abstract

Investigations of the March Gravels of Northam Pit, Eye, Cambridgeshire, have provided previously undescribed molluscan, ostracod and foraminiferal faunas together with pollen spectra, which enable a detailed palaeoenvironmental synthesis to be developed. The sediments were laid down in brackish-water conditions and a temperate environment, during a Late Pleistocene temperate stage.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 127 , Issue 5 , September 1990 , pp. 453 - 465
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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