The fauna, flora and palaeoenvironmental significance of deposits beneath the low terrace of the River Great Ouse at Radwell, Bedfordshire, England

Pits in the lowest terrace of the Great Ouse near the village of the Radwell, Bedfordshire exposed sections in sand and gravel together with channel fills of organic mud. This fill contains remains of molluscs, ostracods, insects and plant macro-fossils. Interpretation of the remains suggest environmental change under interstadial conditions, probably in the Mid-Devensian sub-stage. Problems of interpreting local and regional environments from faunal and fossil indicators contained within fluviatile deposits are discussed.

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