Early holocene pollen and molluscan records from enfield lock, Middlesex, UK

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-14

  Chambers, F M ^a,b   Mighall, T M ^b   Keen, D H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Health and Life Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE (EARLY); MESOLITHIC ACTIVITY; MOLLUSC; MOLLUSC RECORD; POLLEN ANALYSIS; POLLEN RECORD; RADIOCARBON DATING;

UK, ENGLAND, MIDDLESEX, ENFIELD LOCK;

EID: 0029749097     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(96)80063-0     Document Type: Article

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