The indicative meaning of diatoms, pollen and botanical macro fossils for the reconstruction of palaeoenvironments and sea-level fluctuations along the coast of Lower Saxony; Germany

Quaternary International

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-87

  Freund, Holger ^a   Gerdes, Gisela ^b   Streif, Hansjörg ^b,c   Dellwig, Olaf ^d   Watermann, Frank ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b InstChem Biolthe Marine Envrn   (Germany)

^c Niedersachsisches Landesamt B   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EVOLUTION; DIATOM; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; NORTH SEA;

EID: 0142120553     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(03)00066-1     Document Type: Article

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