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Referee's report by Charles Lyell, on a paper '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' by Joseph Prestwich

Reference number: RR/5/208

Date: 08 June 1863

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'.

Subject: Geology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1864]

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RR/5/208
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08 June 1863
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Lyell

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Charles Lyell, Referee's report by Charles Lyell, on a paper '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' by Joseph Prestwich, 08 June 1863, RR/5/208, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_208/referees-report-by-charles-lyell-on-a-paper-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-by-joseph-prestwich, accessed on 13 September 2024

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