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The sedimentology and palaeoecology of the Westleton Member of the Norwich Crag Formation (Early Pleistocene) at Thorington, Suffolk, England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 1999

A. E. RICHARDS ,
P. L. GIBBARD  and
M. E. PETTIT
A. E. RICHARDS
Affiliation:
School of Geography, Kingston University, Penrhyn Road, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, KT1 2EE, UK
P. L. GIBBARD
Affiliation:
Godwin Institute of Quaternary Research, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Downing Place, Cambridge CB2 3EN, UK
M. E. PETTIT
Affiliation:
Godwin Institute of Quaternary Research, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Downing Place, Cambridge CB2 3EN, UK
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Abstract

Extensive sections in the Thorington gravel quarry complex in eastern Suffolk include the most complete record to date of sedimentary environments of the Westleton Beds Member of the Norwich Crag Formation. New palaeoecological and palaeomagnetic evidence is presented, which confirms that the Member was deposited at or near a gravelly shoreline of the Crag Sea as sea level fluctuated during a climatic ameloriation within or at the end of the Baventian/ pre-Pastonian ‘a’ Stage (Tiglian C4c Substage).

Type
Research Article
Information
Geological Magazine , Volume 136 , Issue 4 , July 1999 , pp. 453 - 464
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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