δ13C and C/N as potential coastal palaeoenvironmental indicators in the Mersey Estuary, UK

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 18-19, 2005, Pages 2015-2029

  Wilson, Graham P ^a,d   Lamb, Angela L ^b   Leng, Melanie J ^b,c   Gonzalez, Silvia ^a   Huddart, David ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ESTUARIES; NITROGEN; SEA LEVEL;

ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; FORAMINIFERA; MICROFOSSILS; POLLENS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

PALEOENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; MERSEY ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 23944446066     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.11.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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