Wolverine in northern England at about 83,000 yr B.P.: faunal evidence for climatic change during isotope stage 5

Auteurs :
SUTCLIFFE, A. J.
LORD, T. C.
HARMON, R. S.
IVANOVICH, M.
RAE, A.
HESS, J. W.

Description :
Cave sediments from Stump Cross Cave in northern England contain Pleistocene mammal remains. Uranium-series dating of calcium carbonate deposits closely associated with the fossiliferous horizons has established an absolute age of 83,000 6000 yr BP for a faunal assemblage largely comprised of wolverines (Gulo gulo), indicating a significant climatic deterioration from ca. 120,000 yr BP when an Ipswichian interglacial fauna with hippopotamus was present in this part of northern England.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Quaternary research New York, 1985, vol. 24, n°. 1, p. 73-86, Références bibliographiques : 26 réf.

Date :
1985