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Correlation between Marine and Terrestrial Pleistocene Successions

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Using evidence from cores from Marks Tey, Essex, it is concluded that the glacial cycles suggested by Emiliani give a much truer picture of the chronology of glacial events in Europe than those suggested by Ericson et al.

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SHACKLETON, N., TURNER, C. Correlation between Marine and Terrestrial Pleistocene Successions. Nature 216, 1079–1082 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2161079a0

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