Seasonality of δ13C and C/N ratios in modern and mid-Holocene sediments in the Severn Estuary Levels, SW Britain

Holocene

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 139-144

  Allen, John R L ^a   Lamb, Angela L ^b   Dark, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

13C and C N values; Holocene estuarine silts; Seasonal effects; Severn Estuary

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HOLOCENE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PALYNOLOGY; SALTMARSH; SEASONALITY; SILT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SEVERN ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548097268     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683607073296     Document Type: Article

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