Land-sea correlation of Middle Pleistocene temperate sub-stages using high-precision uranium-series dating of tufa deposits from southern England

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 1223-1235

  Candy, Ian ^a   Schreve, Danielle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; DEPOSITS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LAND-SEA CORRELATION; TEMPERATE CONDITIONS; TERRESTRIAL RECORDS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE FORCING; HISTORICAL RECORD; INTERGLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLEISTOCENE; TUFA; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34249936003     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.01.012     Document Type: Article

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