Mid- and late-Holocene vegetation history and tephra studies at Fenton Cottage, Lancashire, U.K.

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 153-166

  Wells, Colin ^a   Huckerby, Elizabeth ^a   Hall, Valerie ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

England; Hekla 4 tephra; Peat stratigraphy; Scheuchzeria palustris; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

EID: 21944439895     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01372568     Document Type: Review

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