Vegetation history of the English chalklands: A mid-Holocene pollen sequence from the Caburn, East Sussex

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 253-272

  Waller, Martyn P ^a   Hamilton, Sue ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic activity; Chalkland; Mid Holocene; Pollen analysis; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HOLOCENE; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034022443     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1417(200003)15:3<253::AID-JQS481>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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