2007
DOI: 10.7202/033131ar
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Early-Middle Pleistocene Beheading of the River Thames

Abstract: This paper marks the centenary of the first of three articles by W.M. Davis on the beheading of the Thames, beginning with a statement of his capture hypothesis in 1895 and concluding with attempts to explain anomalous misfit streams in 1899 and 1909. It discusses Davis's classic thesis of river capture by slow, long-term landscape evolution and his apparent reluctance to accept the fact of rapid Quaternary climate change. In contrast, recent work based on lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy and morphostratigra… Show more

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“…The first terrace aggradation of the Colchester Formation (Waldringfield Terrace; c . 0.8 Ma) coincides with a further substantial change in drainage dynamics with the beheading of the headwaters of the Kesgrave Thames west of the Cotswold Hills (Whiteman & Rose 1997) and the increased size and influence of the Bytham River (Rose et al . 2001).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 89%
“…The first terrace aggradation of the Colchester Formation (Waldringfield Terrace; c . 0.8 Ma) coincides with a further substantial change in drainage dynamics with the beheading of the headwaters of the Kesgrave Thames west of the Cotswold Hills (Whiteman & Rose 1997) and the increased size and influence of the Bytham River (Rose et al . 2001).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 89%