Lipid stratigraphy of a Flandrian peat bed (Northumberland, UK): Comparison with the pollen record

Holocene

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-74

  Farrimond, Paul ^a   Flanagan, Rachel L ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Holocene; Lipids; Palaeoenvironment; Peat; Pollen

Indexed keywords

FLANDRIAN; LIPID RECORD; METHOD COMPARISON; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PEAT BED; POLLEN RECORD;

UK, ENGLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND;

EID: 0029667993     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369600600108     Document Type: Article

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