Notes on some pleistocene sections at Barrington, Cambridgeshire
By: Sparks, B.W
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ArticleDescription: 163-174p ; Illustration.Subject(s): Pleistocene section - Barrington - Cambridgeshire | Lithology - Barrington - Cambridgeshire | Historical geology - Barrington - Cambridgeshire | Quaternary geology - Barrington - Cambridgeshire
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Geological magazine : Vol. 89 Iss. 1-6 Year. 1952Summary: Abstract
Valley fill exposed in chalk pits at Barrington consists of two beds, which differ markedly in lithology and in the nature of the molluscan fauna contained in them. The lower bed is thought to predate the Boulder Clay, which caps the high ground, and the upper bed is considered to have been derived from the Boulder Clay. The lower bed, a chalk solifluxion, apparently spread into the Cam valley and covered the famous Hippopotamus bed. Both the Hippopotamus bed and the present depth of the Cam valley, therefore, probably predate the Boulder Clay.
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Abstract
Valley fill exposed in chalk pits at Barrington consists of two beds, which differ markedly in lithology and in the nature of the molluscan fauna contained in them. The lower bed is thought to predate the Boulder Clay, which caps the high ground, and the upper bed is considered to have been derived from the Boulder Clay. The lower bed, a chalk solifluxion, apparently spread into the Cam valley and covered the famous Hippopotamus bed. Both the Hippopotamus bed and the present depth of the Cam valley, therefore, probably predate the Boulder Clay.
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