Aeolian sand deposition in north-west Europe in the last glacial maximum
Much of North-Western Europe, is covered with aeolian sediments which hold key palaeoenvironmental information for areas which were not glaciated but subject to periglacial conditions. To date this work has formed the basis of 18 publications.
Key Outcomes A Europe-wide chrono-stratigraphy for aeolian sand (coversand) deposition has been established On-going investigations of both inland and coastal dune systems are amassing data showing strong linkages of dune activity to hydrological changes, periods of increased storminess relating to the North Atlantic oscillations and anthropogenic related disturbance most notably rabbit and sheep grazing
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Inland dunes found at Wangford Warren source of an extensive ‘sandflood’ event in 1668
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Recent papers - Bateman, M.D. and Godby, S.P. (2004). Late-Holocene Inland Dune Activity in the UK: A case study from Breckland East Anglia. The Holocene, 14, 579-588.
 SHERPA Archive version (open access)
doi:10.1191/0959683604hl735rp - Murton, J.B., Bateman, M.D., Baker, C.A., Knox, R. and Whiteman, C.A. (2003). The Devensian periglacial record on Thanet, Kent, UK. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 14, 217-246.
doi:10.1002/ppp.442 - Bateman, M.D. and Díez Herrero, A. (2001). The timing and relation of aeolian sand deposition in central Spain to the aeolian sand record of NW Europe. Quaternary Science Reviews, 20, 779-782.
doi:10.1016/S0277-3791(00)00065-2 - Bateman, M.D. and van Huissteden, J. (1999). The timing of Last Glacial periglacial and aeolian events, Twente, Eastern Netherlands. Journal of Quaternary Science, 14, 277-283.
doi:10.1002/(SICI)1099-1417(199905)14:3<277::AID-JQS460>3.0.CO;2-W
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