Patterns and processes in the development of coastal mire vegetation: Multi-site investigations from Walland Marsh, Southeast England

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1419-1444

  Waller, M P ^a   Long, A J ^b   Long, D ^c   Innes, J B ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLAND; HOLOCENE; MIRE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ALNUS GLUTINOSA; SPHAGNUM IMBRICATUM;

EID: 0033213189     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(98)00072-9     Document Type: Article

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