Late Devensian and Holocene relative sea-level changes on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-139

  Selby, Katherine A ^a   Smith, David E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blairdrummond Shoreline; Diatom analysis; Isolation basin; Main Lateglacial Shoreline; Main Postglacial Shoreline; Pollen analysis; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

DEVENSIAN; HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; PALYNOLOGY; POSTGLACIAL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE CHANGE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HIGHLAND; SCOTLAND; SKYE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 33847092867     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1012     Document Type: Article

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