Abstract
The Quaternary deposits and associated landforms of north Devon and west Somerset have been investigated for over 150 years. Some of the most significant early contributions were made by Sedgwick and Murchison (1840), who studied the raised beach and associated deposits between Saunton and Baggy Point (Croyde Bay), and De 1a Beche (1839) who established the term ‘head’ for a variety of slope deposits developed under non-temperate freeze-thaw conditions. Maw (1864) identified and mapped the controversial Fremington Clay for which he proposed a glacial origin. Dewey (1910, 1913) considered the possible source of various erratic and striated pebbles and boulders and investigated the stratigraphical relationships of the local raised beach deposits and the Fremington Clay.
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Stephens, N., Campbell, S., Croot, D.G., Gilbert, A., Cottle, R. (1998). The Quaternary history of north Devon and west Somerset. In: Quaternary of South-West England. The Geological Conservation Review Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4920-4_7
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