The British Pleistocene fluvial archive: East Midlands drainage evolution and human occupation in the context of the British and NW European record

Howard, Andy J.; Bridgland, David R.; Knight, David; McNabb, John; Rose, Jim; Schreve, Danielle C.; Westaway, Rob; White, Mark; White, Tom S.

doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.06.029

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“…Sediments of equivalent age to those at Holme Pierrepont Quarry are evident at Barrow-on-Trent quarry in the upper Middle Trent (see above) but, farther upstream, deposits at the level of the Holme Pierrepont terrace are significantly older. One example, noted above, is Barton-under-Needwood; sediments of similar disposition in the Tame valley at Coleshill have yielded a radiocarbon date of ~32 ka (Coope and Sands, 1966;Howard et al, 2007), which adjusts after calibration to ~37±2 ka. Furthermore, near Quorn, southeast of Loughborough (at SK 556 181), the basal part of sediments that BGS DigMap designates as the Syston Sand and Gravel, the Soar counterpart of the Holme Pierrepont Formation, has been radiocarbon dated to ~29 ka (Brown et al, 1994;Howard et al, 2011), which adjusts to ~33 ka after calibration (Fig.…”

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“…th century envisaged what would now be described as a post-Anglian/pre-Devensian glaciation (e.g., Clayton, 1953;Posnansky, 1960), recent received wisdom has recognized only Anglian (MIS 12) and Late Devensian glaciations in central England, with the exception of small enclaves in north Birmingham and Lincolnshire (e.g., Lewis, 1999;Maddy, 1999;Howard et al, 2007;cf. Straw, 2000cf.…”

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The use of uplift modelling in the reconstruction of drainage development and landscape evolution in the repeatedly glaciated Trent catchment, English Midlands, UK

Westaway

Bridgland

White

et al. 2015

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

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Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. AbstractThe Trent Valley Palaeolithic Project has recently investigated the Quaternary evolution of the River Trent, the northernmost river system in western Europe with a documented long-timescale terrace staircase. The uppermost and lowermost reaches of the Trent, which drains the English Midlands, were glaciated during Marine oxygen Isotope Stage (MIS) 2, but older fluvial terraces dating back to MIS 8 are preserved in the remainder of the catchment, delineating the former course through the Lincoln Gap and across the Fen Basin (the modern course to the Humber estuary dating only from the latest Pleistocene). Numerical modelling enables lateral variations in uplift across the catchment to be deduced from differences in height of these fluvial terraces above the modern valley floor. Uplift rates thus indicated over the last two climate cycles attain values of 0.08 mm a 1 around Nottingham and Derby in the middle reach of the Trent, but are significantly lower elsewhere in the catchment; these variations are shown to relate to lateral variations in crustal properties, primarily variations in radioactive heat production in the underlying continental crust. Glaciation during the late Middle Pleistocene (MIS 8) caused significant changes to the Trent catchment, including the integration of the modern Upper Trent with the rest of the system. Older sedimentary evidence is much more fragmentary, but is used along with the results of the uplift modelling to reconstruct the earlier drainage. It is thus inferred that between the Anglian (MIS 12) and Wragby (MIS 8) glaciations the Trent already flowed into the Fen Basin via the Lincoln Gap, but the smaller-than-present catchment, indicated by gravel lithology, resulted in a much steeper longitudinal gradient, such that during interglacials (MIS 11 and 9) an elongated estuary would have developed, extending inland almost to the present location of Newark. Prior to the Anglian, much of the modern Trent catchment, including the rivers Derwent and Dove, drained into the former Bytham River. The modern Middle Trent catchment downstream of Nottingham was drained by a relatively small 'Ancaster Trent' river, which flowed above the Ancaster Gap; analysis of gravel lithology suggests that it probably joined the Bytham in the area that now forms the Fen Basin.

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The use of uplift modelling in the reconstruction of drainage development and landscape evolution in the repeatedly glaciated Trent catchment, English Midlands, UK

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Bridgland

White

et al. 2015

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“…The River Trent has been the focus for several sedimentological (Brown et al 1994, Brown et al 2001, Howard 2005 archaeological (Salisbury 1992, Howard et al 2007) and paleoecological (Greenwood et al 2003 investigations. The River Trent has a catchment area of 7486 km 2 , a length of approximately 149 km and is one of the UK's most active rivers.…”

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Reconstructing riverine paleo-flow regimes using subfossil insects (Coleoptera and Trichoptera): the application of the LIFE methodology to paleochannel sediments

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“…A longer history has been established for the River Trent. Current research (Howard et al, 2007, White et al, 2010 points to a pre-Anglian outlet for the Trent system via a gap in the Jurassic escarpment at Ancaster to the Wash Basin, which was excavated by ice during the Anglian glaciation (White et al 2010). Following deglaciation, drainage was reestablished to the Wash Basin via Lincoln (White et al, 2010).…”

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“…Consequently, it can be concluded that the development of the drainage of the area will have been influenced by the evolution of both the River Derwent and the River Trent. Knowledge of the evolution of the River Derwent extends only as far back as the Anglian (Oxygen Isotope Stage [OIS] 12) glaciation (Howard et al, 2007). A longer history has been established for the River Trent.…”

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Review of tufa deposition and palaeohydrological conditions in the White Peak, Derbyshire, UK: implications for Quaternary landscape evolution

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Lowe

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Abstract.This review considers the geological and geomorphological context of tufa barrages that occupy buried valley settings in the Wye catchment, Derbyshire. It describes the potential relationship of the tufa with locations of hypothesised river captures and inception horizon-guided groundwater flow paths. Tufa barrage development is associated with steps in the bedrock, which may be related to knick-point recession during river capture. Broad estimates of valley incision have been calculated from previously dated deposits. These support current interpretations of particularly significant effective base-level lowering during the Anglian and Devensian stages of the Quaternary and have the potential to add to the knowledge of regional uplift histories.

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The British Pleistocene fluvial archive: East Midlands drainage evolution and human occupation in the context of the British and NW European record

Cited by 31 publications

References 73 publications

The use of uplift modelling in the reconstruction of drainage development and landscape evolution in the repeatedly glaciated Trent catchment, English Midlands, UK

The use of uplift modelling in the reconstruction of drainage development and landscape evolution in the repeatedly glaciated Trent catchment, English Midlands, UK

Reconstructing riverine paleo-flow regimes using subfossil insects (Coleoptera and Trichoptera): the application of the LIFE methodology to paleochannel sediments

Review of tufa deposition and palaeohydrological conditions in the White Peak, Derbyshire, UK: implications for Quaternary landscape evolution

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