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MR. ALEXANDER JAMES MONTGOMERIE BELL, who died on July 3, aged seventy-four, was a fellow of the Geological Society who devoted his leisure for many years to the study of the deposits in southern England in which palæolithic flint implements occur. His researches on the gravels and associated deposits at Wolvercote, near Oxford, were especially valuable, and were described in a paper published in the Geological Society's Journal in 1904. He regarded certain disturbed layers as “ice-drifts,” and emphasised the importance of distinguishing “rainwash-drifts” from regular deposits. From an examination of the fossil remains of plants and beetles, he concluded that in late Pleistocene times the climate of the Thames valley was more continental than it is at present. It is understood that Mr. Bell left general summary of the results of his researches in a manuscript, which we hope may be found in form suitable for publication.
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[Obituary]. Nature 105, 721 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/105721b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/105721b0