Long, A. (2000). The Mid and Late Holocene Evolution of Romney Marsh and the Thames Estuary. Archaeology in the Severn Estuary 11. Vol 11, pp. 55-68. https://doi.org/10.5284/1069479. Cite this via datacite
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The Mid and Late Holocene Evolution of Romney Marsh and the Thames Estuary | ||
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Archaeology in the Severn Estuary 11 | ||
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Archaeology in the Severn Estuary | ||
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55 - 68 | ||
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This paper reviews evidence for the mid and late Holocene evolution of two coastal lowlands in southern England; the Romney Marsh depositional complex and the Thames Estuary. During this interval sedimentation at both sites is dominated by a protracted period of organic sedimentation which lasted several thousand years and ended with an expansion of tidal mudflat and saltmarsh conditions. In the initial phase, between c. 6000 and 4000 14C yrs BP, basal and intercalated peats developed simultaneously at both sites, demonstrating that relative sea level (RSL) was rising during this interval. Spatial and temporal variations in vegetation communities, as well as the nature of organic sedimentation, reflect variations in the altitude of the pre-Holocene surface, proximity to open marine influences, as well as the influences of groundwater pathways and precipitation. Stratigraphic variability is greatest within the lower part of the Thames Estuary where transitional reed swamp and saltmarsh communities appear more susceptible to tidal inundation compared with the more established fen carr communities which flourished in parts of the mid and inner Thames ( as well as the Romney Marsh complex). The gross stratigraphic similarities between these sites points to a regional forcing mechanism; initial peat expansion coincided with the onset of a decline in the rate of RSL rise, whilst the late Holocene inundation most probably records renewed RSL rise coupled with sediment reworking and poor conditions for organic accumulation and preservation. | ||
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2000 | ||
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09 Oct 2017 |