Evidence for early Devensian (Weichselian) fluvial sedimentation: Geochronological and palaeoenvironmental data from the Upper Pleistocene deposits at Deeping St James, Lincolnshire, England

Quaternaire

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 5-15

  Briant, Rebecca M ^a,d   Coope, G Russell ^b   Preece, Richard C ^c   Gibbard, Philip L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Zoology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fluvial sediments and response; Geochronology; Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL); Radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVENSIAN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LINCOLNSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3142602914     PISSN: 11422904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3406/quate.2004.1750     Document Type: Article

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