Evidence of mid-Holocene storm-surge deposits from Morecambe Bay, northwest England: A biostratigraphical approach

Quaternary International

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-50

  Zong, Yongqiang ^a   Tooley, Michael J ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; HOLOCENE; STORM DEPOSIT; STORM SURGE;

CUMBRIA; MORECAMBE BAY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033009014     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(98)00022-6     Document Type: Article

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