The Middle Pleistocene terraces of the central Waveney valley, Earsham, south Norfolk, UK

Holmes, Philippa; Rose, James; Lee, Jonathan R.; Barendregt, Rene; Candy, Ian; Riding, James B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5529-8989; Lewis, Mark. 2018 The Middle Pleistocene terraces of the central Waveney valley, Earsham, south Norfolk, UK. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 129 (1). 70-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2017.10.005

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2017.10.005

Abstract/Summary

Although substantial work has been done on the pre-glacial terraces of East Anglia, very little systematic work has been done to understand the origin of river terraces in East Anglia that have formed since ice last covered the region. This paper records the results of studies of exposures and borehole records in ‘classical’ Quaternary terrace landforms that are considered to have formed since the Anglian (MIS 12) Glaciation, in the middle Waveney Valley. These features have been examined in terms of their morphological and sedimentological properties, in order to provide a detailed record of their form and composition, understand their processes of formation, and identify their stratigraphical status. The results show that the main body of the highest terrace (Homersfield Terrace, Terrace 3) is not composed of river sediments, but of shallow marine sediments, and is a remnant of early Middle Pleistocene Wroxham Crag. River sediments, in the form of Anglian age (MIS 12) glaciofluvial Aldeby Sands and Gravels also exist in the area as a channel fill, cut through the Wroxham Crag, and reflect outwash erosion and sedimentation from a relatively proximal ice margin to the west. The results mean that the interpretations previously presented for the terrace landforms of the middle Waveney valley are not applicable. The issue of why the terrace stratigraphy, hitherto identified in East Anglia cannot be related to that for the River Thames to the south and the rivers of Midland England to the west, still requires further research.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2017.10.005
ISSN:	00167878
Date made live:	06 Mar 2018 14:13 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/519480

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2017.10.005

ISSN:

00167878

Date made live:

06 Mar 2018 14:13 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/519480