| RefNo | AP/44/13 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'On the loess of the valleys of the South of England, the Somme and the Seine' by Joseph Prestwich |
| Date | 1862 |
| Description | Prestwich presents an analysis of the loess or 'drift-gravels' of the valleys of the South of England, the Somme and the Seine.
Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.
Subject: Geology / Mineralogy
Received 15 May 1862.
A version of this paper was published in volume 154 of Philosophical Transactions (see PT/70/4) and abstracted in volume 12 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society 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'. |
| Extent | 21p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1862.0007 |
| RelatedRecord | AP/44/12 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3811 | Prestwich; Sir; Joseph (1812 - 1896) | 1812 - 1896 |