Late and Middle Pleistocene deposits at Somersham, Cambridgeshire, U.K.: A model for reconstructing fluvial/estuarine depositional environments

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 10-11, 1999, Pages 1247-1314

  West, R G ^a   Andrew, R ^a   Catt, J A ^b   Hart, C P ^c   Hollin, J T ^c   Knudsen, K L ^d   Miller, G F ^c   Penney, D N ^d   Pettit, M E ^a   Preece, R C ^a   Switsur, V R ^a   Whiteman, C A ^e   Zhou, L P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; PLEISTOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CARPINUS; CORBICULA FLUMINALIS; CORYLUS; PINUS; QUERCUS;

EID: 0033179345     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(98)00067-5     Document Type: Article

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