Palaeoecological investigations of middle and late Flandrian buried peats on the Caldicot Levels, Severn Estuary, Wales

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-78

  Walker, M J C ^a,b,c,d   Bell, M ^a,b,c,d   Caseldine, A E ^a,b,c,d   Cameron, N G ^a,b,c,d   Hunter, K L ^a,b,c,d   James, J H ^a,b,c,d   Johnson, S ^a,b,c,d   Smith, D N ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOG DEVELOPMENT; MIRE; PEATLANDS;

UK, WALES, SEVERN ESTUARY, CALDICOT LEVELS;

EID: 0031980963     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(98)80005-9     Document Type: Article

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