Record

RefNoPT/70/4/6
LevelItem
TitlePlate, 'Diagram representing one side of a valley with a series of gravel and loess beds' by [Joseph Prestwich]
Date[1862]
DescriptionDiagram showing the distribution of gravel and loess beds in a cross-section of a valley. An alternative version of this diagram is found at PT/70/4/5.

Subject: Geology / Palaeontology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Theoretical considerations on the conditions under which the (drift) deposits containing the remains of extinct mammalia and flint implements were accumulated, and on their geological age. - On the Loess of the valleys of the South of England, and of the Somme and the Seine'.

Original paper received by the Royal Society on 20 March 1862 and 15 May 1862 and read 27 March and 19 June 1862, respectively. Further addition to paper received 21 May 1863.
Extent1p
FormatDiagram
PhysicalDescriptionInk and ink wash diagram on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1862.0007
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1862.0034
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1864.0007
RelatedRecordRR/5/206
RR/5/207
RR/5/208
RR/5/209
RR/5/210
RR/5/211
PT/70/4/5
PT/70/4
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3811Prestwich; Sir; Joseph (1812 - 1896)1812 - 1896
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