Patterns of preglacial sedimentation and glaciotectonic deformation within early Middle Pleistocene sediments at Sidestrand, North Norfolk, UK

Lee, Jonathan R.. 2009 Patterns of preglacial sedimentation and glaciotectonic deformation within early Middle Pleistocene sediments at Sidestrand, North Norfolk, UK. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 120 (1). 34-48. 10.1016/j.pgeola.2008.11.002

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Abstract/Summary

Middle Pleistocene preglacial and glacial sediments are described from Sidestrand in north Norfolk, UK. The sequence consists of estuarine and fluvial deposits of the Wroxham Crag and Cromer Forest-bed formations that were deposited by, and adjacent to, a major river system that drained northern and central England during the ‘Cromerian Complex’. These preglacial sediments were subsequently overridden and partially tectonised during a glaciation that deposited till of the Happisburgh Formation associated with the first lowland glaciation of eastern England. Detailed examination of the stratigraphy and structural evolution of the sequence reveals that glaciotectonic rafts of Sidestrand Unio Bed material, a regionally important biostratigraphic marker horizon, have been remobilised and partially mixed with other lithologies whilst being transported and emplaced further up-sequence by glaciotetconic processes. Caution should therefore be exercised when examining this deposit for biostratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental purposes to ensure that sampling is from in situ material.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1016/j.pgeola.2008.11.002
Programmes:	BGS Programmes 2009 > Geology and Landscape England
ISSN:	0016-7878
NORA Subject Terms:	Earth Sciences
Date made live:	19 Oct 2009 12:45 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/8363

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