Holocene evolution of a lowland Scottish landscape: Kirkpatrick Fleming. Part III, fluvial history

The Holocene

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 184-195

  Tipping, Richard ^a  

^a Nether Kidston Farm ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anthropogenic activity; climatic change; Environmental change; fluvial terraces; Holocene; landscape development; lowlands; radiocarbon dating; Scottish Border

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLUVIAL HISTORY; HOLOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING;

UK, SCOTLAND, BORDERS REGION, KIRKPATRICK FLEMING;

EID: 0028881378     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369500500206     Document Type: Article

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