Consequences of a modest loess fail over southern and midland England

Mercian Geologist

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 199-208

  Jefferson, Ian ^a   Smalley, Ian ^a   Northmore, Kevin ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LOESS; MODELING; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0042889404     PISSN: 0025990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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