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Referee's report by William Topley, on a paper 'On the evidences of a submergence of Western Europe, and of the Mediterranean coasts, at the close of the glacial or so-called post-glacial period, and immediately preceding the Neolithic or recent period' by Joseph Prestwich

Reference number: RR/12/19

Date: 02 March 1893

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper is an expansion on work previously published by the same author in the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. The author's knowledge of the literature is out of date, with no references to recent investigations.

Subject: Geology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1893]

Reference number
RR/12/19
Earliest possible date
02 March 1893
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Topley

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William Topley, Referee's report by William Topley, on a paper 'On the evidences of a submergence of Western Europe, and of the Mediterranean coasts, at the close of the glacial or so-called post-glacial period, and immediately preceding the Neolithic or recent period' by Joseph Prestwich, 02 March 1893, RR/12/19, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_19/referees-report-by-william-topley-on-a-paper-on-the-evidences-of-a-submergence-of-western-europe-and-of-the-mediterranean-coasts-at-the-close-of-the-glacial-or-so-called-post-glacial-period-and-immediately-preceding-the-neolithic-or-recent-period-by-joseph-prestwich, accessed on 21 June 2025

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