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The Taele Gravel near Thriplow, Cambridgeshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

B. W. Sparks
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.

Abstract

The erratics, weathering and surface relief of the Taele gravel south of Thriplow point to its being immediately post-Gipping (Saale) in age. On the other hand, its molluscan fauna is of a type usually considered to be characteristic of cold conditions associated with the last glaciation. It is concluded that this fauna is characteristic of a certain type of local conditions and not of a definite period in the Pleistocene.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1957

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