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Thermoluminescence Dating of the Middle Pleistocene Raised Beach of Sangatte (Northern France)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Sanda Balescu ,
Susan C. Packman ,
Ann G. Wintle  and
Rainer Grün
Sanda Balescu
Affiliation:
Université du Québec à Montréal, Département des Sciences de la Terre, C P 8888, Montréal H3C 3P8, Canada
Susan C. Packman
Affiliation:
Cambridge University, Geography Department, Downing Place, Cambridge CB2 3EN, United Kingdom
Ann G. Wintle
Affiliation:
University College of Wales, Institute of Earth Studies, Aberystwyth SY23 3DB, United Kingdom
Rainer Grün
Affiliation:
Cambridge University, Subdepartment of Quaternary Research, Free School Lane, Cambridge CB2 3RS, United Kingdom
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Abstract

TL dating of both quartz and potassium feldspar grains from the Pleistocene beach of Sangatte, at the southern limit of the North Sea Basin, give self-consistent ages of 200,000 ± 45,000, 205,000 ± 14,000, and 229,000 ± 18,000 years, respectively. These results allow the beach deposits to be correlated with oxygen isotope stage 7 (244,000–190,000 yr) (Martinson et al., 1987). The existence of a fossil beach cliff line at 10 m above French O.D. demonstrates that the Strait of Dover was open during the penultimate interglaciation.

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Quaternary Research , Volume 37 , Issue 3 , May 1992 , pp. 390 - 396
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University of Washington

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