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Referee's report by Percy George Hamnall Boswell, on a paper 'Studies of the post-glacial history of British vegetation - III. Fenland polen diagrams - IV. Post-glacial changes of relative land- and sea-level in the English Fenland' by Harry Godwin

Reference number: RR/67/191

Date: 18 August 1939

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Sectional committee: Geology

Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. He doesn't feel competent enough to udge part three, whih should be referred to a botanical specialist.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions B, 1940].

Endorsed on verso as received 21 August 1939.

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RR/67/191
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18 August 1939
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Percy George Hamnall Boswell, Referee's report by Percy George Hamnall Boswell, on a paper 'Studies of the post-glacial history of British vegetation - III. Fenland polen diagrams - IV. Post-glacial changes of relative land- and sea-level in the English Fenland' by Harry Godwin, 18 August 1939, RR/67/191, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_67_191/referees-report-by-percy-george-hamnall-boswell-on-a-paper-studies-of-the-post-glacial-history-of-british-vegetation-iii-fenland-polen-diagrams-iv-post-glacial-changes-of-relative-land-and-sea-level-in-the-english-fenland-by-harry-godwin, accessed on 15 January 2025

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