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Book SynopsisThe thirty papers in this 1986 volume review the scientific knowledge of the nature of flint and chert. This contributors examine the geology and geochemistry of flint in European chert and topics include the origin of flint; scanning electron microscopy of surface textures; and the behaviour of flint under periglacial conditions.
Table of ContentsPreface; List of contributors; 1. Flint stratigraphy and its relationship to archaeology F. Schmid; 2. The distribution of flint in the English chalk, with particular reference to the 'Brandon Flint Series' and the high Turoniam flint maximum R. N. Mortimore and C. J. Wood; 3. Controls on Upper Cretaceous sedimentation in the South Downs, with particular reference to flint distribution R. N. Mortimore; 4. The chemical environment of flint formation in Upper Cretaceous chalks C. J. Clayton; 5. The origin of cherts as members of high productivity sequences: isotopic evidence Y. Kolodny; 6. The cherts of the Upper Greensand (Cretaceous) of south-east Devon C. L. Williams; 7. Flint and fabric in the European chalk R. G. Bromley and A. A. Ekdale; 8. Rhythms, flint and mesofossils in the Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Limburg, The Netherlands P. J. Felder; 9. Upper Cretaceous flint meal faunas from southern England M. B. Hart, H. W. Bailey, A. Swiecicki and B. R. Lakey; 10. Foraminiferids from decayed chalk flints and some examples of their use in geological interpretation D. Curry; 11. Siliceous coatings on fossil coccoliths - how did they arise? L. S. Dent Glasser and D. N. Smith; 12. Perigord cherts: an analytical frame for investigating the movement of Paleolithic hunter-gatherers and their resources R. R. Larick; 13. Sources of raw materials used for the manufacture of chipped stone implements in Hungary C. Takács-Biró; 14. Geochemistry and the provenance of flint axes P. R. Bush and G. de G. Sieveking; 15. Flint gravels in the Quaternary of south-east England P. L. Gibbard; 16. The nature, origin and geomorphological significance of clay-with-flints J. A. Catt; 17. Periglacial phenomena in the South Downs R. B. G. Williams; 18. Palynological evidence for early and permanent woodland on the chalk of central Hampshire P. V. Waton; 19. The postglacial molluscan succession of the South Downs dry valley C. Ellis; 20. Transported flint in Ireland: a charter of investigation for prehistory and geology C. S. Briggs; 21. Flint and Pre-Quaternary geomorphology in south Sweden and south-west England K. Lidmar-Bergström; 22. Sand grain surface textures D. Krinsley and P. Trusty; 23. Scanning electron micrographs of quartz, flint and obsidian grains after experimental glacial, subaqueous or aeolian transportation K. Lindé; 24. Procedures in environmental reconstruction by SEM analysis P. A. Bull; 25. Simulation of aeolian quartz grain surface textures: some scanning electron microscopic observations W. B. Whalley and J. R. Marshall; 26. Practical methods for analysing and quantifying two-dimensional images W. B. Whalley and J. D. Orford; 27. The analysis of flint by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry, as a method of source determination M. Thompson, P. R. Bush and J. Ferguson; 28. Applications of magnetic resonance in the study of cherts M. C. R. Symons; 29. Investigation of chert heating conditions using ESR spectroscopy D. R. Griffiths, N. J. Seeley and M. C. R. Symons; 30. Thermoluminescence dating: a review of application to burnt flint H. Y. Göksu Ögelman.
