Granulometric characterization and evaluation of annually banded mid-Holocene estuarine silts, Welsh Severn Estuary (UK): coastal change, sea level and climate

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 13-14, 2006, Pages 1418-1446

  Allen, J R L ^a   Haslett, S K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b BATH SPA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; DATA HANDLING; ESTUARIES; PEAT; SEA LEVEL;

DATA ASSESSMENT; ESTUARINE SILTS; LASER GRANULOMETRY; MARSHES;

SILT;

ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HOLOCENE; PEAT; SALTMARSH; SILT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745862332     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.12.009     Document Type: Article

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