The Phanerozoic Time-scale: A Supplement (Geological Society Special Publication 5)

Cover......Page 1
Frontmatter......Page 2
Contents......Page 5
Bibliographic note......Page 6
Foreword......Page 7
Introduction......Page 8
The pre-Pleistocene Phanerozoic time-scale- a review......Page 13
The pre-Pleistocene Phanerozoic
time-scale - further data......Page 36
Notes on Pleistocene radiometric age-determinations
itemized in this volume......Page 38
Isotope dating in the U.S.S.R. an essay-review......Page 41
ITEMS: Introduction......Page 52
Items
......Page 54
Alphabetical index to Items 1-404......Page 113
Summary and Contents......Page 121
1. Introduction......Page 123
2. The Pleistocene palaeomagnetic time-scale......Page 125
3. Palaeomagnetic dating......Page 150
4. The 40 ooo year cycle......Page 161
5- A possible framework for a Pleistocene classification......Page 179
6. The climatic sequence in Atlantic and Caribbean
deep-sea cores......Page 182
7. The deep-sea cores of the Pacific......Page 215
8. The climatic sequence in cores from the Mediterranean Sea,
Indian Ocean and Antarctic Ocean......Page 227
9. Radiometric dates......Page 231
10. The climatic sequences in lacustrine boreholes......Page 255
11. Dates of high sea-levels derived by extrapolation
from radiometric ages......Page 264
12. Some problems of chronology and classification......Page 269
13. River terraces and shore-lines in southern England......Page 280
14. East Anglia and Essex......Page 299
15. The Oxford area......Page 303
16. The Severn and Avon terraces and glaciations......Page 308
17. Other regions......Page 319
18. Summary and conclusions......Page 324
19. Acknowledgements......Page 332
Appendix: New evidence from the Equatorial Pacific......Page 333
References......Page 339
Grid-references and co-ordinates of some places mentioned in sections 13 to 16......Page 350
Index......Page 351
Plate 1......Page 355