Colluvial deposits in dry valleys of southern England as proxy indicators of paleoenvironmental and land-use change

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 725-755

  Wilkinson, Keith N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHRONOLOGY; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DATA INTERPRETATION; ESCARPMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; POLLEN; PRESERVATION; SEDIMENTATION; VALLEY;

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EID: 2442461019     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.10090     Document Type: Article

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