Evaluating late-Holocene relative sea-level change in the Somerset Levels, southwest Britain

Holocene

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 197-207

  Haslett, S K ^a   Davies, P ^a   Curr, R H F ^a   Davies, C F C ^a   Kennington, K ^b   King, C P ^a   Margetts, A J ^a  

^a BATH SPA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compaction; Holocene; Sea level change; Sedimentation; Somerset Levels; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031922990     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968398669499299     Document Type: Article

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