The Upper Pleistocene deposits at Cassington, near Oxford, England

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 205-231

  Maddy, D ^a,e   Lewis, S C ^a   Scaife, R G ^a   Bowen, D Q ^b   Coope, G R ^c   Green, C P ^c   Hardaker, T ^d   Keen, D H ^e   Rees Jones, J ^c   Parfitt, S ^f   Scott, K ^d  

^a Ctr Environ Change Quaternary Res   (United Kingdom)

^b Earth Sci Department UCW Cardiff   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^f DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE;

UK, ENGLAND, OXFORDSHIRE;

EID: 0031666740     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1417(199805/06)13:3<205::AID-JQS357>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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