Holocene environmental change in the inner Severn estuary, UK: An example of the response of estuarine sedimentation to relative sea-level change

Holocene

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-61

  Hewlett, R ^a   Birnie, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British Isles; Estuarine sedimentation; Floodbasin; Holocene; Inner estuary; Palaeoecology; Perimarine; Sea level change; Severn; Stratigraphy; Transgression

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTATION; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE SEDIMENT; PALAEOECOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

UK, ENGLAND, SEVERN ESTUARY;

EID: 0029667995     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369600600106     Document Type: Article

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