Investigation of the environmental impact of remote volcanic activity on north Mayo, Ireland, during the mid-Holocene

Holocene

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 113-118

  Dwyer, Rosaleen B ^a   Mitchell, Fraser J G ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

blanket bog; Holocene; Ireland; Pinus decline; pollen; rates of change; Tephra; testate amoeba; vegetation history; volcanic activity

Indexed keywords

BOG; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HOLOCENE; TEPHRA; VEGETATION HISTORY; VOLCANIC ACTIVITY;

IRELAND, COUNTY MAYO;

EID: 0030620943     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369700700111     Document Type: Article

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