Techniques for validating the historic record of lake sediments. A demonstration of their use in the English Lake District

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 211-215

  Rae, Joy E ^a   Parker, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EROSION RATE; LAKE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; UPLAND ENVIRONMENT;

UK, ENGLAND, CUMBRIA, LAKE DISTRICT;

EID: 0029664012     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0883-2927(95)00049-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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