The stable isotope analysis of pollen as an indicator of terrestrial palaeoenvironmental change: A review of progress and recent developments

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 893-900

  Loader, N J ^a   Hemming, D L ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); HYDROGEN; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTS; VEGETATION;

MULTI-PROXY INFORMATION; POLLEN ASSEMBLAGES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; STABLE ISOTOPE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 1642318829     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2003.06.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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