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STRUCTURE OF THE VOLUME AND TERMINOLOGY USED This book contains
scientific descriptions of 63 localities (Figure A) of at least
national importance for Quaternary geology, geomorphology and
environmental change in South-West England. These sites were
selected by the Geological Conservation Review and are accordingly
designated 'GCR' sites. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the
Quaternary. Chapter 2 synthesizes the geomorphological development
and Quaternary history of the region, and outlines the principles
involved in site selection. The individual GCR site descriptions
form the core of the book. In the following chapters, sites are
arranged and described in broad geographic areas and by research
topic. This is necessitated by the widely disparate nature of the
field evidence in Soutb West England: sites demonstrating the full
range of Quaternary and geomorphological features are not evenly
and conveniently dispersed throughout the region, and some areas
have significant gaps. Neither do the individual chapters contain
sites that neces sarily equate with particular site selection
networks. Rather, the chosen chapter headings provide the least
repetitive means of describing the sites and background material.
Where possible, a chronological approach, from oldest to youngest,
has been used to describe sites within a given chapter. Again, this
approach is not always possi ble, and a group of sites may show
variations on landform or Stratigraphie evidence broadly within one
major time interval or chronostratigraphic stage; inevitably there
are many overlaps."
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