A chronostratigraphy of mid- and late-Holocene slope evolution: Creagan a' Chaorainn, Northern Highlands, Scotland

Holocene

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 429-444

  Reid, E ^a   Thomas, M F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colluvium; Debris flows; Holocene climate change; NW Europe; Palaeopodzols; Peat; Scotland; Slope evolution; Weathering rates

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HILLSLOPE; HOLOCENE; HYDROLOGY; ORGANIC MATTER; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646380591     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683606hl939rp     Document Type: Article

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