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An analysis of the molluscs from an Ipswichian interglacial river channel deposit at Maxey, Cambridgeshire, England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

C. A. I. French
C. A. I. French
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11 Whalley Street, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
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Summary

A freshwater and land molluscan assemblage from an Ipswichian stream channel at Maxey, Cambridgeshire, is discussed. The presence of Belgrandia marginata and Vallonia enniensis suggests that summer temperatures may have been somewhat warmer in the Ipswichian period. The assemblage represents the silting processes under relatively quiet water conditions, possibly in a side channel or backwater of a meandering river system.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 119 , Issue 6 , November 1982 , pp. 593 - 598
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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