The history of the great northwest European rivers during the past three million years

• Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 1988
• Subjects: Dammed Lake; Dover; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1988.0024; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1988.0024

This paper is based on a review of the histories of the Rivers Elbe, Saale, Weser, Rhine, Meuse, Scheldt, Thames, Somme and Seine. Two further rivers no longer in existence, the Baltic and Channel rivers, are also included. The histories of these rivers illustrate how the interplay of tectonics and...