Floodplain environmental change during the Younger Dryas and Holocene in Northwest Europe: Insights from the lower Kennet Valley, south central England

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 233, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 113-133

  Collins, Philip E F ^a   Worsley, Peter ^b   Keith Lucas, D Michael ^c   Fenwick, Ian M ^c  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flooding; Interglacial; Palaeoecology; Peat; Stadial; Tufa

Indexed keywords

PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; KENNET RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33644961398     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.09.014     Document Type: Article

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