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THE Dimlington Silts are a series of laminated silts and sands, exposed near the foot of Dimlington Cliff (TA 391217). They occupy hollows on the surface of the Saale (Basement) till, and are overlain by the Weichsel (Drab) till and have been interpreted1 not as interglacial deposits but as interstadial deposits of the Würm (Weichsel) glaciation, with the overlying Drab, Purple and Hessle tills belonging to the Main Würm (that is, Upper Pleniglacial2).
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PENNY, L., COOPE, G. & CATT, J. Age and Insect Fauna of the Dimlington Silts, East Yorkshire. Nature 224, 65–67 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/224065b0
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