Sandy aeolian deposits and environments and their relation to climate during the Last Glacial Maximum and Lateglacial in northwest and central Europe

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 507-532

  Kasse, Cornelis ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aeolian facies; Aeolian phases; Aridity; Coversands; Dunes; Late Pleniglacial; Lateglacial; Sand sheets; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; SAND;

(CENTRAL); (NORTHWEST); EUROPE;

EID: 0036930743     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0309133302pp350ra     Document Type: Article

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