A Cromerian complex stalagmite from the Mendip Hills, England

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 533-537

  Baker, Andy ^a   Caseldine, Christopher J ^a   Hatton, Jackie ^a   Hawkesworth, Christopher J ^b   Latham, Alfred C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cromerian Complex; Palaeomagnetism; Pollen; Stalagmite; Uranium series

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CROMERIAN; DATING; PLEISTOCENE; POLLEN RECORD; SPELEOTHEM; STALAGMITE;

UK, ENGLAND, SOMERSET, MENDIP HILLS;

EID: 0031428832     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1417(199711/12)12:6<533::AID-JQS349>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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