Holocene buried organic sediments in Estonia

Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Geology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 296-320

  Saarse, Leili ^a   Vassiljev, Jüri ^a   Miidel, Avo ^a   Niinemets, Eve ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

14C dates; Ancylus Lake; Buried organic sediments; Estonia; Litorina Sea

Indexed keywords

ANCYLUS LAKE; DEPOSITION; HOLOCENE; LITORINA SEA; ORGANIC MATTER; RADIOCARBON DATING;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845864771     PISSN: 14060132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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