Submerged Forests (Summarized Edition)

Submerged Forests distills coastal observation into a rigorous synthesis, tracing drowned tree stumps and peat beds that fringe Britain's shores. From case studies of rooted stumps in situ within peat and estuarine silts, Reid reconstructs post-glacial shoreline migration and sea-level change, using stratigraphic sections, plant macrofossils, and occasional artefacts to date phases from late Pleis...