Stable oxygen isotope and pollen records from eastern Scotland and a consideration of Late-glacial and early Holocene climate change for Europe

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 327-340

  Whittington, Graeme ^a   Fallick, Anthony E ^b   Edwards, Kevin J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Early Holocene; Europe; Late glacial; Oxygen isotopes; Pollen

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY;

EID: 0030441889     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1417(199607/08)11:4<327::aid-jqs257>3.0.co;2-g     Document Type: Article

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