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A British postglacial strandline chronology is proposed and correlated with some other parts of Europe. The chronology and correlations are based chiefly on radiocarbon data and drift pumice accumulations.
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BINNS, R. Flandrian Strandline Chronology for the British Isles and Correlation of some European Postglacial Strandlines. Nature 235, 206–210 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/235206a0
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