A 5500-year proxy-climate and vegetation record from blanket mire at Talla Moss, borders, Scotland

Holocene

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 391-399

  Chambers, F M ^a   Barber, K E ^b   Maddy, D ^a   Brew, J ^a  

^a Francis Close Hall   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blanket mire; Climate change; Holocene; Peat humification; Pollen analysis; Proxy climate record; Scotland; Tephrochronology

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE CLIMATE; MIRE; PALAEOCLIMATE; PEAT BOG; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; VEGETATION HISTORY;

BORDERS; SCOTLAND; TALLA MOSS; UK;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0031434406     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369700700402     Document Type: Article

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