Paper, 'On the loess of the valleys of the South of England, the Somme and the Seine' by Joseph Prestwich
Reference number: AP/44/13
Date: 1862
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Prestwich presents an analysis of the loess or 'drift-gravels' of the valleys of the South of England, the Somme and the Seine.
Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.
Subject: Geology / Mineralogy
Received 15 May 1862.
A version of this paper was published in volume 154 of Philosophical Transactions (see PT/70/4) and abstracted in volume 12 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Theoretical considerations on the conditions under which the (drift) deposits containing the remains of extinct mammalia and flint implements were accumulated, and on their geological age. - On the Loess of the valleys of the South of England, and of the Somme and the Seine'.
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- AP/44/13
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- 1862
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- Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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- 21 pages
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- Manuscript
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Joseph Prestwich, Paper, 'On the loess of the valleys of the South of England, the Somme and the Seine' by Joseph Prestwich, 1862, AP/44/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_44_13/paper-on-the-loess-of-the-valleys-of-the-south-of-england-the-somme-and-the-seine-by-joseph-prestwich, accessed on 09 November 2024
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Paper, 'Theoretical considerations on the conditions under which the drift deposits containing the remains of extinct mammalia and flint implements were accumulated and their geological age' by Joseph Prestwich
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Archived papers: volume 44, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1861-1862
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