Cold-climate aeolian sand-sheet formation in North-Western Europe (c. 14-12.4 ka); a response to permafrost degradation and increased aridity

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 295-311

  Kasse, C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aridity; Cold climate sand sheet; Late Weichselian; Permafrost degradation; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001415334     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1530(199709)8:3<295::AID-PPP256>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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