A chronological framework for the British Quaternary based on Bithynia opercula

Kirsty E. H. Penkman (), Richard C. Preece, David R. Bridgland, David H. Keen, Tom Meijer, Simon A. Parfitt, Tom S. White and Matthew J. Collins
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Kirsty E. H. Penkman: BioArCh, University of York
Richard C. Preece: University of Cambridge
David R. Bridgland: University of Durham
David H. Keen: Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity, University of Birmingham
Tom Meijer: Cainozoic Mollusca, Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity, Naturalis, P.O. Box 9517
Simon A. Parfitt: Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 31-34 Gordon Square
Tom S. White: University of Cambridge
Matthew J. Collins: BioArCh, University of York

Nature, 2011, vol. 476, issue 7361, 446-449

Abstract: Dating the quaternary The British Quaternary, spanning roughly the past 2.6 million years, is unmatched for the biodiversity and abundance of its fossil localities and its record of climatic contrasts. However, with all but the most recent deposits beyond radiocarbon range, and with no readily datable volcanic rocks, it has been difficult to get accurate dates for many British Pleistocene deposits. Penkman et al. have developed new analytical methods based on the intra-crystalline proteins of stable biominerals (in the 'opercula' shell closure of the freshwater gastropod Bithynia), common in Quaternary deposits. They obtain confident assignments for various strata to global marine isotope stages, securely placing Britain's rich record of faunal and archaeological change into a broader context.

Date: 2011
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