Devensian Lateglacial environmental changes in Britain: A multi-proxy environmental record from Llanilid, South Wales, UK

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 5-7, 2003, Pages 475-520

  Walker, M J C ^a   Coope, G R ^b   Sheldrick, C ^b   Turney, C S M ^c   Lowe, J J ^b   Blockley, S P E ^d   Harkness, D D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHEMISTRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TUNDRA; VEGETATION HISTORY; WEICHSELIAN;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BETULA; COLEOPTERA; JUNIPERUS; SALIX;

EID: 0037339875     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(02)00247-0     Document Type: Article

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