Sediment provenance and flux in the Tees Estuary: the record from the Late Devonian to the present
Plater, A.J.; Ridgway, J.; Rayner, B.; Shennan, I.; Horton, B.P.; Haworth, E.Y.; Wright, M.R.; Rutherford, M.M.; Wintle, A.G. (2000). Sediment provenance and flux in the Tees Estuary: the record from the Late Devonian to the present, in: Shennan, I. et al. Holocene land-ocean interaction and environmental change around the North Sea. Geological Society Special Publication, 166: pp. 171-195. https://dx.doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.166.01.10 In: Shennan, I.; Andrews, J. (Ed.) (2000). Holocene land-ocean interaction and environmental change around the North Sea. Geological Society Special Publication, 166. The Geological Society: London. ISBN 1-86239-054-1; e-ISBN 9781862394148. 326 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.166, more In: Hartley, A.J. et al. (Ed.) Geological Society Special Publication. Geological Society of London: Oxford; London; Edinburgh; Boston, Mass.; Carlton, Vic.. ISSN 0305-8719; e-ISSN 2041-4927, more |
| Authors | | Top | - Plater, A.J.
- Ridgway, J.
- Rayner, B.
| - Shennan, I.
- Horton, B.P.
- Haworth, E.Y.
| - Wright, M.R.
- Rutherford, M.M.
- Wintle, A.G.
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| Abstract | The influences of sea-level, climate, human activity and coastal morphology on post-glacial sediment flux and deposition in the Tees Estuary were considered in a multidisciplinary investigation of the Late Pleistocene and Holocene sedimentary record. The following tripartite division was identified using a combination of lithostratigraphic and geochemical data: a Late Glacial laminated clay providing evidence of a former proglacial lake and a proxy record of climate change; an early-mid-Holocene intercalated sequence of tidal silts and clays and peats; and a late Holocene succession characterized by increasing evidence of human activity and metal contamination. Sea-level change has been identified as... |
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