The chronology of palaeoenvironmental changes during the Last Glacial-Holocene transition: Towards an event stratigraphy for the British Isles

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 397-410

  Lowe, J J ^a   Birks, H H ^e   Brooks, S J ^b   Coope, G R ^a   Harkness, D D ^c   Mayle, F E ^e   Sheldrick, C ^a   Turney, C S M ^a   Walker, M J C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

British Isles; Coleoptera; Palaeoclimate; Palaeoenvironment; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032922241     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.2.0397     Document Type: Article

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