Multiproxy Devensian Late-glacial and Holocene environmental records at an Atlantic coastal site in Shetland

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-168

  Whittington, Graeme ^a   Buckland, Paul ^b   Edwards, Kevin J ^c   Greenwood, Malcolm ^d   Hall, Adrian M ^a   Robinson, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Environmental change; Invertebrates; Pollen; Scotland; Shetland

Indexed keywords

DEVENSIAN; DIATOM; HOLOCENE; INVERTEBRATE; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POLLEN;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BETULA; COLEOPTERA; CORYLUS; CORYLUS AVELLANA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037306218     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.746     Document Type: Article

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