Active deposition of calcareous tufa in Wessex, UK, and its implications for the 'late-Holocene tufa decline'

Holocene

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 359-365

  Baker, Andy ^a   Simms, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Geology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

England; Environmental change; Geochemistry; Holocene deposition; Travertine; Tufa; Wessex

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; TRAVERTINE; TUFA;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031865520     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968398668393314     Document Type: Article

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