On the Early Pebble Gravels of the Thames Basin from the Hertfordshire-Essex Border to Clacton-on-Sea

Abstract The erratic rocks of the early pebble gravels are similar to those of the Oxford plateau drift, and reasons are given for concluding that they belong to the drifts of the proto-Thames, and are earlier than the southward diversion of that river by an advancing ice-sheet. Comparisons with the...

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Published in:Geological Magazine
Main Author: Warren, S. Hazzledine
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1957
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s001675680006828x
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S001675680006828X
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Summary:Abstract The erratic rocks of the early pebble gravels are similar to those of the Oxford plateau drift, and reasons are given for concluding that they belong to the drifts of the proto-Thames, and are earlier than the southward diversion of that river by an advancing ice-sheet. Comparisons with the constituents of the later deposits of the Clacton channel are also discussed.