Assessing δ13C and C/N ratios from organic material in archived cores as Holocene sea level and palaeoenvironmental indicators in the Humber Estuary, UK

Marine Geology

Volumn 244, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 109-128

  Lamb, Angela L ^a   Vane, Christopher H ^a   Wilson, Graham P ^b   Rees, John G ^a   Moss Hayes, Vicky L ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carbon; Holocene; Humber Estuary; nitrogen; organic; sea level

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; HUMBER ESTUARY; MICROFOSSIL DATA;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CATCHMENTS; ESTUARIES; SEDIMENTS; VEGETATION;

SEA LEVEL;

CARBON ISOTOPE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT CORE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUMBER ESTUARY; LINCOLNSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548512236     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.06.012     Document Type: Article

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