Chapter 1 – The Last Ice Age
Introduction Twelve thousand years ago, according to our written history, the glaciers from the last Ice Age finally melted away,
Read moreIntroduction Twelve thousand years ago, according to our written history, the glaciers from the last Ice Age finally melted away,
Read moreBook Extract…………………………….. Groundwater and Aquifers The presence and flow of groundwater is the key element to my hypothesis, so it
Read moreBook Extract…………………………….. If our ‘flooded Britain’ hypothesis is correct, we should be able to get verification via the empirical evidence
Read moreBook Extract…………………………….. The geological formations of valleys are created by running rivers and shifting glaciers. Valleys are depressed areas of
Read moreBook Extract…………………………….. The sea surface salinity record from the Northern Aegean Sea is indicative of two meltwater events at –8.4
Read moreBook Extract…………………………….. A conspicuous gap in the radiocarbon record of the Iron Gates Mesolithic suggests that many riverbank sites were
Read moreBook Extract…………………………….. When floods rise and fall, they characteristically leave behind a sediment signature. This is generally heterolithic in character;
Read moreBook Extract…………………………….. The formation of bogs in the UK began 10,000 years ago at the end of the last ice
Read moreBook Extract…………………………….. A recent review of radiocarbon-dated Holocene fluvial deposits in the U.K., suggests that the lowland river systems in
Read moreThe Quaternary deposits in the Avon valley include clay-with-flints, head, gravelly head, river terrace deposits, brickearth, alluvium and occasional peat.
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