Late-Holocene inland dune activity in the UK: A case study from Breckland, East Anglia

Holocene

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 579-588

  Bateman, Mark D ^a   Godby, Steven P ^b  

^a Winter St S10 2TN   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breckland; Coversand; East Anglia; Inland aeolian dunes; Late Holocene; Luminescence dating

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GRAZING; HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSIT;

BRECKLAND; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 3242681633     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683604hl735rp     Document Type: Article

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