NW Europe
Fig.1 Topography of NW Europe. Areas shaded pink are < 200m below sealevel. During the height of the ice ages sealevel fell by up to 140m exposing much of this area as dry land.

Throughout much of the Quaternary period large expanses of the UK continental shelf was exposed as dry land (Fig.1). As the ice sheets advanced, the major rivers of southern England and northern France extended out onto this ever growing land expanse. However, when the ice sheets melted, the areas were drowned, except a chalk ridge stood between southern England and northern France such that the English Channel and North Sea were separate water bodies. We have used a variety of marine geophysical methods to explore these ancient landscapes, many of which are preserved on the floor of the present English Channel.

Publications

García-Moreno D, Gupta S, Collier JS, Oggioni F, Vanneste K, Trentesaux A, Verbeeck K, Versteeg W, Jomard H, Camelbeeck T, De Batist Met al., 2019, , Quaternary Science Reviews, Vol: 203, Pages: 209-232, ISSN: 0277-3791

Gupta S, Collier JS, Garcia-Moreno D, Oggioni F, Trentesaux A, Vanneste K, De Batist M, Camelbeeck T, Potter G, Van Vliet Lanoe B, Arthur JCRet al., 2017, , Nature Communications, Vol: 8, ISSN: 2041-1723

Collier JS, Oggioni F, Gupta S, Garcia-Moreno D, Trentesaux A, De Batist Met al., 2015, , Global and Planetary Change, Vol: 135, Pages: 190-206, ISSN: 0921-8181

Garcia-Moreno D, Verbeeck K, Camelbeeck T, De Batist M, Oggioni F, Hurtado OZ, Versteeg W, Jomard H, Collier JS, Gupta S, Trentesaux A, Vanneste Ket al., 2015, , Geophysical Journal International, Vol: 201, Pages: 528-542, ISSN: 1365-246X

Gupta S, Collier JS, Palmer-Felgate A, Potter Get al., 2007, , NATURE, Vol: 448, Pages: 342-U5, ISSN: 0028-0836

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