Mid- to late-Holocene coastal dune event stratigraphy for the north coast of Northern Ireland

Holocene

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 406-416

  Wilson, Peter ^a   McGourty, John ^a   Bateman, Mark D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Little Ice Age'; Climate change; Coastal dunefields; Event stratigraphy; Holocene; Luminescence dating; Northern Ireland; Radiocarbon dating; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL EVOLUTION; DUNE FIELD; HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TRANSGRESSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2442473195     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683604hl716rp     Document Type: Article

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