The interglacial deposits at Stutton, Suffolk
In: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. Geological Society Publishing House: Colchester. ISSN 0016-7878, meer
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As complete a series as possible of samples from the brickearth exposed on the northern bank of the Stour estuary at Stutton, Suffolk, has been taken and the contained non-marine Mollusca analysed. These show persisting and almost uniform river conditions but a steady climatic deterioration. Although the deposits are mostly oxidised and devoid of pollen, one sample from near the base of the fossiliferous section was shown to belong to Zone g of the Ipswichian (Last) Interglacial. As the bulk of the brickearth is contained between this and gravels disturbed by cryoturbation above the brickearth, the deposit must represent aggradation in a river valley in the second half of the Ipswichian Interglacial. |
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