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Reviews of the Pliocene and Pleistocene Epochs in East Anglia; reference to the discovery and importance of molluscan shells; account of the Crag beds including the Red Crag, Norwich Crag, Chillesford and Cromer Forest Beds and Weybourne Crag; the Crag Sea and its changing molluscan fauna in relation to the impending advance of the Scandinavian ice sheet during the late Pliocene; features of lowland glaciation including boulder-clay, moraines, erratics, pro-glacial lakes; advance and retreat of ice sheets; post-glacial times including the climatic optimum; research and field work with S.V. Wood, Jun.
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Kington, J.A. (2014). Geology. In: Frederic W. Harmer: A Scientific Biography. SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace, vol 19. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07704-8_3
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