Sedimentology, palaeoecology and geochronology of Last Interglacial deposits from Deeping St James, Lincolnshire, England

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 411-436

  Keen, D H ^a   Bateman, M D ^b   Coope, G R ^c   Field, M H ^a   Langford, H E ^d   Merry, J S ^a   Mighall, T M ^a  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acid; East Anglia; Ipswichian Interglacial; Luminiscence; Molluscan and coleopteran biostratigraphy; Palaeoecology; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; LAST INTERGLACIAL; MIXED FOREST; PALEOECOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032787475     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1417(199908)14:5<411::AID-JQS447>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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