Pett Level, Rother, East Sussex: Palaeoecological Investigation of the 'Submerged Forest' and Intertidal Peat
Author(s): Robert Howard, Alison Arnold, Cathy Tyers, Scott Timpany, Paula Reimer, Peter Marshall, Elaine Dunbar, David Smith
Investigations at Pett Level have recorded a complex stratigraphic sequence of intercalated peats and clayey-silts. Peat development was asynchronous with marine incursions the result of localised flooding of the offshore shingle barrier. The remains of the ‘submerged forest’ do not represent the remains of a single contemporary woodland but are a palimpsest of trees that grew over a period of c1500 years.
- Report Number:
- 270/2020
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 76
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Insect Plant Remains Pollen Radiocarbon Dating Wood Palaeoecology
