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THE importance of the bottom deposits of Lake Windermere as a source of information concerning the post-glacial history of north-western England has already been indicated by the stratigraphy and diatom sequence established by Winifred Pennington (Mrs. T. G. Tutin) (New Phytol., 42, 1 ; 1943). These deep-water deposits (brought within reach by the unique qualities of the Jenkin core-sampler) have been used again by the same worker to extend our knowledge into the late-glacial period (Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc, B, 233, 137 ; 1947). Water-laid, laminated clays are found above and below a layer of grey detritus silt which contains remains indicating that it was laid down during a cool-temperate phase. This is tentatively correlated with the Allerod oscillation established in north-western Europe and Ireland.
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BAKER, H. Bottom Deposits of Lake Windermere in Relation to the Quaternary History of the British Isles. Nature 161, 987 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161987a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/161987a0