Identifying changing fluvial conditions in low gradient alluvial archaeological landscapes: Can coleoptera provide insights into changing discharge rates and floodplain evolution?

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 109-120

  Smith, David N ^a   Howard, Andy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discharge rates; Flood plain evolution; Palaeoentomology; River Trent

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FLOODPLAIN; HOLOCENE; PALEOCHANNEL; RIVER DISCHARGE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; TRENT RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 0347270165     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2003.07.002     Document Type: Article

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