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The Non-marine Mollusca of the Cainscross Terrace near Stroud, Gloucestershire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

N. F. Large  and
B. W. Sparks
N. F. Large
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, Downing Place, Cambridge.
B. W. Sparks
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, Downing Place, Cambridge.
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Abstract

Recent collecting has revealed a typical cold mollusc fauna in the Cainscross Terrace of the Frome valley near Stroud. Cold conditions are also indicated by lithology and vertebrates. The most likely date seems to be the Irish Sea Glaciation, i.e. the main phase of the Last Glaciation.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 98 , Issue 5 , October 1961 , pp. 423 - 426
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1961

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