Pleistocene deposits at Stoke Goldington, in the valley of the Great Ouse, UK

Geochronology of the Whittlesey sedimentary succession, eastern England: The ‘Pompeii’ of the British late Middle Pleistocene to Holocene record

“…Such non-conformity with the expectations of the morphostratigraphy adopted is not uncommon (e.g. Green et al, 1996;West et al, 1999;Brown et al, 2015;Hatch et al, 2017).…”

All is flux: the predictive power of fluctuating Quaternary mammalian faunal-climate scenarios

“…Although MIS 7c-a is not as warm as either of these two interglacials, the presence of thermophilous reptiles, molluscs and aquatic plants with predominantly southern and eastern European core distributions today (e.g. [37]) implies warm summer temperatures of 18°C [34,38], comparable to or slightly lower than those encountered in southern England today. Mutual climatic range estimates from beetle assemblages from MIS 7 age sites indicate TMAX values of +15 to +16°C (comparable to central England today) and TMIN values between 0 and −5°C (e.g.…”

“…These characteristics produce a distinctive landscape of dry, predominantly open grassland conditions, highlighted by abundant pollen spectra of non-arboreal taxa, particularly grasses, sedges and dry ground herbs (e.g. [37,40,62]). Where tree pollen is present, it occurs in reduced proportions and is suggestive of patches of open woodland (e.g.…”

Late Middle Pleistocene (MIS 10–6) glacial–interglacial records from loess–palaeosol and fluvial sequences from northern France: a cyclostratigraphic approach

“…In the next two biozones (Scy3 and 4), the sharp decrease in the number of species and their distribution in a smaller number of ecological groups indicate more open and uniform environments. Several studies have shown that malacological associations in valley bottoms are never extremely rich in forest molluscs, even during the warmest phases of interglacials (Kerney 1971;Gilbertson 1980;Green et al 1996;Somm e et al 1996). According to this observation, the fauna of Soucy biozone 2 could correspond to the interglacial optimum.…”

“…Several studies have shown that malacological associations in valley bottoms are never extremely rich in forest molluscs, even during the warmest phases of interglacials (Kerney 1971; Gilbertson 1980; Green et al . 1996; Sommé et al . 1996).…”