Mid-Holocene environmental changes in the Bay of Skaill, Mainland Orkney, Scotland: An integrated geomorphological, sedimentological and stratigraphical study

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 509-528

  De La Veca Leinert, Anne C ^a,c   Keen, David H ^a   Jones, Robert L ^a   Wells, James M ^b   Smith, David E ^a  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^b ENGLISH HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intertidal freshwater deposits; Machair; Neolithic impact; Orkney; Skara Brae

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; HOLOCENE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033873373     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1417(200007)15:5<509::AID-JQS529>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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