East–West European Middle Pleistocene correlation – the contribution of the first British record of Aracites interglacialis Wieliczk.
Reported here is the first record of the extinct Aracites interglacialis Wieliczk. (possibly in the family Araceae) from the British Pleistocene at Gilson, Warwickshire in the English Midlands. The palynological assemblages from the Aracites interglacialis seed-bearing sediments at Gilson support a...
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| description | Reported here is the first record of the extinct Aracites interglacialis Wieliczk. (possibly in the family
Araceae) from the British Pleistocene at Gilson, Warwickshire in the English Midlands.
The palynological assemblages from the Aracites interglacialis seed-bearing sediments at Gilson support
a correlation with those from the Hoxnian stratotype at Hoxne, Suffolk, England (Middle Pleistocene). The data
indicate correlation with the middle and latter part of the Hoxnian Stage (correlated with the Holsteinian Stage).
Like at Hoxne, the organic sediments at Gilson occur in a small depression (probably a kettle hole) on Anglian
cold Stage (correlated with the Elsterian Stage) outwash sands and gravels, showing that they were deposited
after this glaciation ended.
Velichkevich et al. (2004) stated that Aracites interglacialis “is characteristic only of the Mazovian interglacial
and is abundant in fossil floras in Poland, Belarus and Russia”. Using the presence of Aracites interglacialis
as a biostratigraphic marker therefore allows the correlation of the British Hoxnian Stage with the Belarussian
Alexandrian Stage, Polish Mazovian Stage and the Russian Likhvinian Stage. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6a362e485cbb473db390aca3245365a12025-08-20T01:57:34ZengW. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of SciencesActa Palaeobotanica2082-02592017-06-0157110110810.1515/acpa-2017-0002118957East–West European Middle Pleistocene correlation – the contribution of the first British record of Aracites interglacialis Wieliczk.MICHAEL H. FIELD0SEBASTIAN M. GIBSON1PHILIP L. GIBBARD2Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, van Steenisgebouw, Einsteinweg 2, Leiden 2333CC, The NetherlandsQuaternary Palaeoenvironments Group, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Downing Place, Cambridge, United Kingdom. CB2 3ENQuaternary Palaeoenvironments Group, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Downing Place, Cambridge, United Kingdom. CB2 3ENReported here is the first record of the extinct Aracites interglacialis Wieliczk. (possibly in the family Araceae) from the British Pleistocene at Gilson, Warwickshire in the English Midlands. The palynological assemblages from the Aracites interglacialis seed-bearing sediments at Gilson support a correlation with those from the Hoxnian stratotype at Hoxne, Suffolk, England (Middle Pleistocene). The data indicate correlation with the middle and latter part of the Hoxnian Stage (correlated with the Holsteinian Stage). Like at Hoxne, the organic sediments at Gilson occur in a small depression (probably a kettle hole) on Anglian cold Stage (correlated with the Elsterian Stage) outwash sands and gravels, showing that they were deposited after this glaciation ended. Velichkevich et al. (2004) stated that Aracites interglacialis “is characteristic only of the Mazovian interglacial and is abundant in fossil floras in Poland, Belarus and Russia”. Using the presence of Aracites interglacialis as a biostratigraphic marker therefore allows the correlation of the British Hoxnian Stage with the Belarussian Alexandrian Stage, Polish Mazovian Stage and the Russian Likhvinian Stage.https://acpa.botany.pl/East-West-European-Middle-Pleistocene-ncorrelation-the-contribution-of-the-first,118957,0,2.html |
| spellingShingle | MICHAEL H. FIELD SEBASTIAN M. GIBSON PHILIP L. GIBBARD East–West European Middle Pleistocene correlation – the contribution of the first British record of Aracites interglacialis Wieliczk. Acta Palaeobotanica |
| title | East–West European Middle Pleistocene
correlation – the contribution of the first British
record of Aracites interglacialis Wieliczk. |
| title_full | East–West European Middle Pleistocene
correlation – the contribution of the first British
record of Aracites interglacialis Wieliczk. |
| title_fullStr | East–West European Middle Pleistocene
correlation – the contribution of the first British
record of Aracites interglacialis Wieliczk. |
| title_full_unstemmed | East–West European Middle Pleistocene
correlation – the contribution of the first British
record of Aracites interglacialis Wieliczk. |
| title_short | East–West European Middle Pleistocene
correlation – the contribution of the first British
record of Aracites interglacialis Wieliczk. |
| title_sort | east west european middle pleistocene correlation the contribution of the first british record of aracites interglacialis wieliczk |
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