Late Middle Pleistocene sea-level change in the southern North Sea: The record from eastern Essex, UK

Quaternary International

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 115-128

  Roe, Helen M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLIAN; IPSWICHIAN; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TRANSGRESSION;

(SOUTHERN); ESSEX; NORTH SEA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032966741     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(98)00032-9     Document Type: Article

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