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Pleistocene River Gravels and the Stonehenge Problem

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ON the basis of evidence of glaciation in southern England the presence of glacial ice and associated outwash in areas formerly regarded as ice free throughout the Pleistocene period has been suggested1–3. In this account I examine the evidence in Wessex.

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GREEN, C. Pleistocene River Gravels and the Stonehenge Problem. Nature 243, 214–216 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/243214a0

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