The chronology of late Quaternary fluvial activity in part of the Milfield Basin, northeast England

Citation

Tipping R (1998) The chronology of late Quaternary fluvial activity in part of the Milfield Basin, northeast England. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 23 (9), pp. 845-856. https://doi.org/10.1002/%28SICI%291096-9837%28199809%2923%3A9%3C845%3A%3AAID-ESP902%3E3.0.CO%3B2-9

Abstract
The sediment stratigraphy of a 4 m thick intercalated Holocene alluvial fill and valley floor peat at a site in the Milfield Basin, Northumberland, has been dated by a series of eight 14C assays, and related to a previously analysed pollen record. The sequence extends from the earliest Holocene until c. 2800 cal. BP. Prior to the onset of peat inception, substantial amounts of channel-trenching can be demonstrated to have occurred in the Milfield Basin during the Loch Lomond Stadial. There is no measurable early Holocene accelerated fluvial activity, but a major flooding event occurred at c. 7500 cal. BP, much earlier than recorded elsewhere in the region. The explanation for this is not clear. However, the cessation of mid-Holocene overbank sedimentation at c. 4000-3500 cal. BP is tentatively correlated with slope stability associated with woodland regeneration.

Keywords
fluvial stratigraphy;Late Devensian;Holocene;northern England;radiocarbon dating

Journal
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms: Volume 23, Issue 9