Late Pleistocene sediments and environmental change at Plaza Creek, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 95-105

  Clark, Richard ^a   Huber, Ulrike Maria ^b   Wilson, Peter ^c  

^a Parcey House   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Falkland Islands; Late Pleistocene; Periglacial mass wasting; Pollen analysis; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; POLLEN ANALYSIS; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ATLANTIC, FALKLAND ISLANDS, PLAZA CREEK;

EID: 0031816985     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1417(199803/04)13:2<95::aid-jqs351>3.0.co;2-g     Document Type: Article

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