Imperial College London
Professor Sanjeev Gupta

ProfessorSanjeevGupta

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Earth Science & Engineering

Professor of Earth Science
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 6527s.gupta

 
 
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Location

 

Royal School of MinesSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Gupta:2017:10.1038/ncomms15101,
author = {Gupta, S and Collier, JS and Garcia-Moreno, D and Oggioni, F and Trentesaux, A and Vanneste, K and De, Batist M and Camelbeeck, T and Potter, G and Van, Vliet Lanoe B and Arthur, JCR},
doi = {10.1038/ncomms15101},
journal = {Nature Communications},
title = {Two-stage opening of the Dover Strait and the origin of island Britain},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15101},
volume = {8},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Late Quaternary separation of Britain from mainland Europe is considered to be a consequence of spillover of a large proglacial lake in the Southern North Sea basin. Lake spillover is inferred to have caused breaching of a rock ridge at the Dover Strait, although this hypothesis remains untested. Here we show that opening of the Strait involved at least two major episodes of erosion. Sub-bottom records reveal a remarkable set of sediment-infilled depressions that are deeply incised into bedrock that we interpret as giant plunge pools. These support a model of initial erosion of the Dover Strait by lake overspill, plunge pool erosion by waterfalls and subsequent dam breaching. Cross-cutting of these landforms by a prominent bedrock-eroded valley that is characterised by features associated with catastrophic flooding indicates final breaching of the Strait by high-magnitude flows.  These events set-up conditions for island Britain during sea-level highstands and caused large-scale re-routing of NW European drainage.
AU  - Gupta,S
AU  - Collier,JS
AU  - Garcia-Moreno,D
AU  - Oggioni,F
AU  - Trentesaux,A
AU  - Vanneste,K
AU  - De,Batist M
AU  - Camelbeeck,T
AU  - Potter,G
AU  - Van,Vliet Lanoe B
AU  - Arthur,JCR
DO  - 10.1038/ncomms15101
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 2041-1723
TI  - Two-stage opening of the Dover Strait and the origin of island Britain
T2  - Nature Communications
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15101
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/45031
VL  - 8
ER  -
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