Holocene palaeoclimates from peat stratigraphy: Macrofossil proxy climate records from three oceanic raised bogs in England and Ireland

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 5-7, 2003, Pages 521-539

  Barber, Keith E ^a   Chambers, Frank M ^b   Maddy, Darrel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Holocene; Macrofossil analysis; Raised bogs

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DRYING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

BOG; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PEAT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; STRATIGRAPHY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037339658     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(02)00185-3     Document Type: Article

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