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Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

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Journal of Sedimentary Petrology
Vol. 43 (1973)No. 3. (September), Pages 894-897

Peat Balls In Late-holocene Sediments of Essex, England

J. Trevor Greensmith, E. Vivian Tucker

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'Peat balls,' defined as 'rounded masses of peat-rich clayey silt' and up to 0.5 m in size, are preserved in ancient creeks cut in an intertidal-salt marsh succession at Mersea. They are a consequence of reworking by creek migration, probably during an 18th Century phase of salt marsh extension.


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