River terrace systems in north-west Europe: An archive of environmental change, uplift and early human occupation

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 1293-1303

  Bridgland, D R ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; RIVER TERRACE; UPLIFT;

EUROPE;

EID: 0033862820     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(99)00095-5     Document Type: Article

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