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British Isles

Quaternary stratigraphy of Great Britain and Ireland – selected references

supplied by P.L.Gibbard (University of Cambridge)

Bowen, D.Q (ed.) 1999. A revised correlation of the Quaternary deposits in the British Isles. Geological Society Special Report no.23.

Catt, J.A., Gibbard, P.L., Lowe, J.J., et al. 2006. Quaternary: ice sheets and their legacy. In: The Geology of England and Wales (eds P.J. Brenchley, & P.F. Rawson), pp. 429–467. The Geological Society, London.

Mitchell, G.F., Penny, L.F., Shotton, F.W., West, R.G. 1973. A correlation of Quaternary deposits in the British Isles. Geological Society of London Special Report, 4, 99 pp.