Radiocarbon and Thermoluminescence Studies of the Karst Pipe Systems in Southwest England and South Wales

• Published in: Radiocarbon
• Main Authors: Pazdur, Mieczysław F., Bluszcz, Andrzej, Pazdur, Anna, Morawiecka, Iwona
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1995
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Archeology; Raised Beach; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003382220003054x; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S003382220003054X

Paleokarst forms in raised beach deposits of Southwest England and South Wales and generally known as “pipes” were dated by 14 C and thermoluminescence (TL) methods. Current geological opinion is that these pipes are features that developed under the cover of periglacial-solifluctional deposits due...