A review of coastal palaeoclimate and relative sea-level reconstructions using δ13C and C/N ratios in organic material

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 75, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 29-57

  Lamb, Angela L ^a   Wilson, Graham P ^b   Leng, Melanie J ^a,c  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon; Coastal; Decomposition; Holocene; Isotope ratios; Nitrogen; Organic material

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 33644649169     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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