Late Devensian river and floodplain dynamics and related environmental change in northwest Europe, with particular reference to a site at Woolhampton, Berkshire, England

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 357-375

  Collins, Philip E F ^a,b   Fenwick, Ian M ^a   Keith Lucas, D Michael ^a   Worsley, Peter ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental change; Floodplain dynamics; Kennet Valley; Late Devensian; Late glacial

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; DEVENSIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLOODPLAIN DYNAMICS; NIVAL REGIME; VEGETATION DYNAMIC; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

UK, ENGLAND, BERKSHIRE, WOOLHAMPTON;

EID: 0030420561     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1417(199609/10)11:5<357::AID-JQS250>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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