The laminated sediments of Loch Ness, Scotland: Preliminary report on the construction of a chronology of sedimentation and its potential use in assessing Holocene climatic variability

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 23-31

  Cooper, M C ^a   O'Sullivan, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronology; Climate; Laminated sediments; North Atlantic Ocean; Palaeo limnology

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENTATION;

UNITED KINGDOM, SCOTLAND;

EID: 0031871178     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00023-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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