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1 Amble Bay, Northumberland Record ID 390 Shennan, I., Horton, B., Innes, J., Gehrels, R., Lloyd, McArthur, J. and Rutherford, M. Embayment between rocky headlands SE of Amble. Thin well-humified surface peat with some herbaceous roots and wood fragments. 2000c Peat overlies blue grey clay with organic lenses, grading down to sandy silt-clay with pebbles. Low in intertidal zone. Yes Some peat loss from erosion. Coastal peat resource database (Hazell, 2008) Page 1 of 12
2 14C details ID 257 Laboratory code AA23892 NU m OD 6870 ± 60 (1 sigma) cal. yr BP Core AB96/2. Positive sea level tendency. Shennan, I., Horton, B., Innes, J., Gehrels, R., Lloyd, McArthur, J. and Rutherford, M. 2000c 'Late Quaternary sea-level changes, crustal movements and coastal evolution in Northumberland', Journal of Quaternary Science, 15(3), Coastal peat resource database (Hazell, 2008) Page 2 of 12
3 Cresswell, Northumberland Record ID 386 Shennan, I., Horton, B., Innes, J., Gehrels, R., Lloyd, McArthur, J. and Rutherford, M. High in intertidal zone: peat deposit containing large tree stumps. Exposed where sand dunes recently eroded. Up to 20 cm thick. 2000c NZ Peat is on top of sandy grey clay. All on top of weathered till (stiff grey clay). Yes Freshwater diatoms from the lower profile. Deposit cannot be related to a former sea level, as no evidence of saltmarsh conditions. Core CR95/1. Coastal peat resource database (Hazell, 2008) Page 3 of 12
4 14C details ID 251 Laboratory code UB m OD Base of peat ± 38 (1 sigma) yr cal. BP 'Limiting' age (i.e. not positive or negative sea-level tendency). Core CR95/1. Shennan, I., Horton, B., Innes, J., Gehrels, R., Lloyd, McArthur, J. and Rutherford, M. 2000c 'Late Quaternary sea-level changes, crustal movements and coastal evolution in Northumberland', Journal of Quaternary Science, 15(3), Coastal peat resource database (Hazell, 2008) Page 4 of 12
5 Cresswell Pond, Northumberland Record ID 387 Shennan, I., Horton, B., Innes, J., Gehrels, R., Lloyd, McArthur, J. and Rutherford, M. Complex sequence of organic and clastic sediments in intertidal zone, exposed after erosion from storm damage. Bed of wellhumified peat containing wood remains e.g. rooted stumps exposed low down on the beach. 2000c NZ Yes 14C details ID 252 Laboratory code UB m OD 3405 ± 43 (1 sigma) cal. yr BP Core CP95/11. Positive sea level tendency. Coastal peat resource database (Hazell, 2008) Page 5 of 12
6 ID 253 Laboratory code UB m OD 2656 ± 56 (1 sigma) cal. yr BP Core CP95/6. ±sea level tendency. ID 254 Laboratory code UB m OD 3359 ± 40 (1 sigma) cal. yr BP Core CP95/7. Positive sea level tendency. ID 255 Laboratory code AA m OD 6525 ± 55 (1 sigma) cal. yr BP Core CP95/8. Negative sea level tendency. Coastal peat resource database (Hazell, 2008) Page 6 of 12
7 ID 256 Laboratory code AA m OD 3280 ± 45 (1 sigma) cal. yr BP Core CP95/R1. ±ve sea-level tendency. Shennan, I., Horton, B., Innes, J., Gehrels, R., Lloyd, McArthur, J. and Rutherford, M. 2000c 'Late Quaternary sea-level changes, crustal movements and coastal evolution in Northumberland', Journal of Quaternary Science, 15(3), Coastal peat resource database (Hazell, 2008) Page 7 of 12
8 Hauxley, Northumberland Record ID 606 Fowler, A Between Hauxley and Elm Bush. [c. NU ] Submerged forest exposed on the coast. No Continuation of peat sometimes seen off Durham coast. Subsite details ID 217 Location Depth Above high water mark. Description Present in the cliff - 2.5' [0.76 m] thick layer of peat containing twigs and stems. Peat underlies blown sand, and overlies 3' [0.91 m] of clay. Coastal peat resource database (Hazell, 2008) Page 8 of 12
9 ID 218 Location Just south of the cliff exposure. Depth Between tide marks. Description Forest bed. Fowler, A 'Geology of Country around Rothbury, Amble and Ashington', Memoir of the Geological Survey of England and Wales,, 135. Coastal peat resource database (Hazell, 2008) Page 9 of 12
10 Howick, Northumberland Record ID 609 Carruthers, R On the Howick coast [c. NU ] Submerged forest between tide marks. 'Peaty clay'. Evidence of oak, fir, alder and hazel trees. No Carruthers, R 'Geology of the Alnwick district', Memoir of the Geological Survey of England and Wales,, 105. Coastal peat resource database (Hazell, 2008) Page 10 of 12
11 Newbiggin, Northumberland Record ID 608 Fowler, A At mouth of Lynn [Lyne?] Burn, 2 miles north of Newbiggin Peat beds above the bouldor clay and beneath the dunes. [c. NZ ] No Fowler, A 'Geology of Country around Rothbury, Amble and Ashington', Memoir of the Geological Survey of England and Wales,, 135. Coastal peat resource database (Hazell, 2008) Page 11 of 12
12 Northumberland coast, Northumberland Record ID 266 Howes, R Beds of peat and submarine forests with fossil remains of oak, alder, mountainbirch and hazel. Horns of Cervus alces and Cervus elaphus, Bos primigenius etc. No Howes, R 'On the glaciation of the counties of Durham and Northumberland', Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, XIII May. Coastal peat resource database (Hazell, 2008) Page 12 of 12
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