The Late‐Devensian proglacial Lake Humber: new evidence from littoral deposits at Ferrybridge, Yorkshire, England

• Published in: Boreas
• Main Authors: BATEMAN, MARK D., BUCKLAND, PAUL C., CHASE, BRIAN, FREDERICK, CHARLES D., GAUNT, GEOFF D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2007
• Subjects: High Level Lake; Level Lake; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.2007.00013.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1502-3885.2007.00013.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1502-3885.2007.00013.x

Proglacial Lake Humber is of UK national significance in terms of landscape drainage and development of the British Ice Sheet (BIS) during Marine Isotope Stage 2 (MIS 2), yet it is poorly understood in terms of its dynamics and timing. Sands and gravels exposed at Ferrybridge, West Yorkshire, UK, ar...