Evaluation of rapid relative sea-level changes in north-west Scotland during the last glacial-interglacial transition: Evidence from Ardtoe and other isolation basins

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 862-874

  Shennan, Ian ^a   Green, Frances ^a   Innes, Jim ^a   Lloyd, Jeremy ^a   Rutherford, Mairead ^a   Walker, Kevin ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biostratigraphy; diatoms; dinoflagellate cysts; foraminifera; Lateglacial Interstadial; pollen

Indexed keywords

LAST GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL TRANSITION; LAST GLACIAL/INTERGLACIAL; PALAEOCLIMATE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGES; SEA LEVEL VARIATION;

UK, SCOTLAND, (NORTHWEST);

EID: 0030302819     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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